To celebrate the New Year, the InterContinental Yokohama Grand is holding the hotel's popular seasonal event, the Otoshidama (New Year's gift) Promotion.

One plan in the promotion is called New Year Two Plus One, where every third guest in a party of three, six, nine or 12 can have the near equivalent of a free meal: a 33 percent discount for the group. The offer is valid only on weekdays through Feb. 29 for five menus at the hotel's restaurants, including the lunch buffet at Italian restaurant La Vela and the all-you-can-eat order-style dinner at Chinese restaurant Karyu.

For example, the lunch buffet at La Vela normally costs ¥3,300 per person. For a party of three with the 33 percent discount, the price per person becomes ¥2,211. The dinner at Karyu, normally ¥6,500 per person, becomes ¥4,356 a head by using the offer.