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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2014
Luxury Hokkaido hotel where G-8 summit was held in '08 to be sold
Security service provider Secom Co. plans to sell its luxury hotel in Hokkaido — site of the Group of Eight summit in 2008 — to Meiji Shipping Co. in June, according to company officials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2014
Westin feels it's perfectly positioned to pamper, keep ahead of rivals
The Westin Tokyo is currently enjoying brisk sales and expects business to continue to thrive as consumers presently have a propensity to spend money on luxurious food and accommodations, the hotel's general manager said recently.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2014
Hokkaido town opens ice hotel, with wet bar
Tobetsu, a little known Hokkaido town aiming for revitalization, has opened Japan's first hotel made of ice, with three guest rooms, a bar and a variety of attractions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 11, 2014
Cibo Matto's Yuka and Miho share the secrets to their 'second marriage'
The story of Cibo Matto's return to the public eye is, thankfully, not one powered by cold, hard cash. Not for these two.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2014
Can nature solve humankind's errors?
Masato Kodama's sculptures are concerned with light, gravity and air. For him, light is a symbol of tomorrow and potential futures, gravity represents the present and the past, and air is associated with memory.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2013
Hotel room walls serve as canvas for Takenouchi's contemporary art
Woodcut print artist Naoki Takenouchi was busy carving Buddha images on a wooden board in a Park Hotel Tokyo room in November. Known for his works on traditional Japanese "washi" paper, he was working to turn the entire guest room into a work of art.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2013
More restaurants tied to food fraud
Following Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co.'s admission that dozens of its restaurants misrepresented the food on their menus, 'revelations' have emerged that several other eateries around the nation are doing the same thing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Mar 31, 2013
Suites, treats and backstreets of the Imperial Hotel
The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, or 'Teikoku Hotel,' has occupied the same privileged location, across from Hibiya Park and minutes from the Imperial Palace, for over a century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 7, 2013
Hotel Mexico's pop aims at the heart
It's tough to figure out where to take your band when you get some buzz in the media right out the gate. After getting noticed for its fuzzed-out pop jams from highly regarded online music outlets such as Pitchfork, Noisey and Gorilla vs. Bear, Kyoto's Hotel Mexico knew early on that it would need to play overseas. Finally, last summer the group made its first foray abroad with a pair of gigs in New York City.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 2, 2013
'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'
Mr. Antonini, who lived in the house next to ours in Brooklyn, had a rejoinder for all life's ailments. "You think you got problems?" he'd say with a querulous edge to his voice. "Wait till you get to my age, and I'll show you some problems!" At this point Mr. Antonini's son Denny would make his standard quip: "We ain't there yet papa, for crying out loud."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 13, 2012
Getting away from it all on Aguni Island
I set out for the hospital lecture hall in high spirits, looking forward to a relaxing, refreshing stay on this tiny and seemingly uncrowded island.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 21, 2012
Hunting a golden Easter egg in Japan
Can Disney get the Easter egg party started in Japan?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2009
Lost and now found at the Imperial proves a celeb trove
Once asked by a reporter what she wore in bed, the late actress Marilyn Monroe was said to have replied, "Why, Chanel No. 5, of course."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / GRAND OLD HOTELS
Aug 1, 2008
Romancing the West: Kamakura's charming boutique hotel
The symmetrical beauty of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the meditative colossus of Kotokuin, and the Zen-inspired splendors of Kenchoji and Enkakuji may win Kamakura inscription on the World Heritage List. Comparatively unknown are its Western-style buildings constructed after Kamakura became accessible from Tokyo by rail in about an hour in 1889. Those meriting preservation receive the designation "Scenically Important Structures."
LIFE / Travel
Jun 12, 2001
Fujiya Hotel: At ease in a Miyanoshita time capsule
Most visits to the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture begin at the heavily touristed town itself, from where numerous well-trodden routes head off through the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park of which it is the official center.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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