Developing rural resorts that can draw wealthy overseas visitors is the key to making Japan a thriving tourism-oriented nation, Mori Trust Co. President Miwako Date said Wednesday.
As part of a push to do just that, the real estate developer announced the same day that, in cooperation with hotel operator Marriott International Inc., it will on Friday open new Marriott luxury hotels at five such resort destinations.
The sites include the Lake Yamanaka area near Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, the Izu hot spring resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, Nanki Shirahama beach in Wakayama Prefecture and the Karuizawa summer retreat and ski resort in Nagano Prefecture.