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Goodnight, Kitty: We stay in a hotel room dedicated to the queen of kawaii【Photos】

Jessica
Oct 3, 2017
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Hello, Kitty. And hello, crossover branding!

Japan
(Hello Kitty • hotel • Keio Plaza • photos)

Take one last look at the classic architecture of Nara Juvenile Prison【Photos】

Master Blaster
Jul 21, 2017

This stunning work of century-old architecture has given its last tour allowing people access to never-before-seen parts of the facility.

Japan
(architecture • hotel • Meiji Era • Nara • Nara Juvenile Prison • prison)

Sleep in a bookshelf at the new bookstore-themed hostel in Kyoto

Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2016

This brand new space has 5,000 books for guests to read, a special bar stocked with local beers, and bunks inside the shelves to sleep in.

Japan
(accommodation • books • cool • hostel • hotel • Kyoto • travel)

Kitakyushu Hotel Plaza offers 5 bucks off if they think you’re balding

Master Blaster
Oct 23, 2016

Not only do you get a 500 yen per night discount, but it promises to be one of the more emotional check-ins you’ll ever experience.

Japan
(baldness • discount • hotel • Kitakyushu • Kitakyushu Hotel Plaza • travel)

Gorgeous Japanese prison built at turn of the century to become hotel

Master Blaster
Aug 22, 2016

When staying at this century-old correctional facility, you might hope they lock you up and throw away the key.

Japan
(hotel • museum • Nara • Nara Juvenile Prison • prison • travel)

New Shibuya capsule hotel targets women visiting from overseas with gorgeous bath and more

Preston Phro
Apr 3, 2016

Looking for an inexpensive, relaxing place to stay in Shibuya? Nadeshiko Hotel Shibuy may be just what you want!

Art, Japan
(capsule hotel • culture • hotel • Shibuya • travel)

We bunk up in “bookstore hotel” Book and Bed Tokyo on opening night

Oona McGee
Nov 6, 2015

Ever since we heard about the opening of a bookstore-themed hotel with sleeping quarters built into its wooden bookshelves, we’ve been keeping a close eye out for updates, and were actually lucky enough to snap up a reservation to stay at the hotel on opening night!

After emerging from the beautiful space this morning, we can happily say it’s one of the most atmospheric places to stay in Tokyo. Actually, we wouldn’t mind shacking up here permanently! Come with us as we take you through all the gorgeous features and unusual details after the break.

Japan
(accommodation • books • cool • hostel • hotel • Tokyo • travel)

Universal Studios Japan unlocks its haunted hotel rooms, has a special menu for Halloween

Cara Clegg
Oct 7, 2015

Japan has been gearing up for Halloween since the end of August, but now that we’re actually into the correct month, we feel it’s acceptable to start posting Halloween-related articles. Today we’re introducing the Halloween festivities going on at Universal Studies in Osaka, Japan.

Japan
(event • halloween • Halloween in Japan • hotel • scary • Universal Studios)

Haunted, abandoned hotel complex on Okinawa is a lesson against messing with Japan’s spirits

Evie Nyan
Jul 3, 2015

A luxury leisure resort on the lush hillside of Okinawa. Panoramic ocean views. A waterpark, a petting zoo, a night club. Now crumbling into ruins, swallowed up by nature reclaiming the land developers tried to take. Perhaps the owners should have known better than to build on the site of ancient tombs. The local priests warned them. But they didn’t listen.

This is the tale of Okinawa’s Nakagusuku Kogen Hotel, one of the most haunted abandoned sites in Japan.

Global, Internet, Japan
(abandoned • ghosts • haikyo • haunted • hotel • nakagusuku • Okinawa • urbex)

“It’s just like Disneyland!” Our Japanese reporter visits the love hotel where dreams are made

Fran W
Jul 2, 2015

If Japan’s love hotels range from cheap ‘n’ cheerful to downright bizarre, Sky Paradise Rakuen must rank as one of the most marvellously ridiculous. While enjoying a discreet tryst with your partner of choice, you can also take a ride on a gondola under a sparkling jewel-encrusted sky and gaze from your balcony out over theme park-style attractions.

Disney don’t do love hotels, but if they did they’d probably look like this!

Naturally, our Japanese reporter couldn’t resist heading down to Sky Paradise to check in and check it out. Just for research, of course.

Japan
(cool • hotel • love hotel • photos • review • video • weird)

A room with a (terrifying) view: Visiting the hotel that overlooks Godzilla’s giant head 【Photos】

Evie Nyan
Apr 10, 2015

When we reported a while back about the giant Godzilla head that has taken up residence atop a Shinjuku skyscraper, we also mentioned how a nearby hotel, the Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, has been quick to set up special Godzilla Viewing Rooms to cash in on its proximity to the fanged monstrosity. Naturally, we headed over there as soon as we could to get a good look at that ugly ol’ head up close and personal!

Japan
(cinema • film • Godzilla • hotel • shinjuku • skyscraper • Tokyo)

Move over, humanoid employees: Nagasaki theme park to open futuristic hotel staffed by robots

Fran W
Jan 30, 2015

Once you’ve tired yourself out playing with your rideable 4-metre tall robot from Amazon Japan and experienced the neon assault to the senses that is Shinjuku’s Robot Restaurant show, you’ll also be able to visit a hotel in Japan with robot staff once the new Hen-na Hotel opens this summer.

As well as robot receptionists, porters, cleaners and waitresses, the aptly-named Hen-na Hotel (literally meaning “strange hotel”) in the Huis Ten Bosch theme park, Nagasaki, will also feature a whole host of futuristic technology aimed at reducing energy consumption and human staffing levels, therefore keeping room prices down.

Japan
(future • hotel • Huis Ten Bosch • robot staff • robots • theme park)

We visit the Guinness World Record-holding oldest hotel in the world – established 705 A.D.!

Evie Nyan
Jan 23, 2015

Keiunkan Inn in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture is famous for holding the Guinness World Record for being “The oldest hotel in the world”. Established in 705 A.D., it boasts such notable former guests as daimyo Takeda Shingen, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and numerous emperors of Japan.

The inn itself is located in the southern alps of Yamanashi Prefecture, nestled in lush valleys in the very heart of nature. It’s the perfect location for escaping from the hustle and bustle of city life. What’s more, the inn is built upon prime hot springs ground, which means guests are able to enjoy numerous open-air and communal hot spring baths. Each room’s shower, bath and sink facilities are fed by pure hot spring water, which is neither treated nor heated by any artificial means. In fact, except for the toilets, the entire inn uses the hot springs water in its daily running, which makes it a very special and luxurious place to visit.

Our reporter, Yoshio, decided to book a stay in “the oldest hotel in the world” in order to share his experiences with the good readers of RocketNews24. Read on for many, many gorgeous photos of his trip!

Japan
(Guinness world records • history • hot springs • hotel • kaiseki • onsen • ryokan • travel • Yamanashi)

Inside the luxury Chinese hotel where North Korea keeps its army of hackers

BUSINESS INSIDER
Dec 3, 2014

North Korea has put together a secret army of computer hackers that it uses to disrupt South Korean military options and break into US military computers.

It might seem strange that North Korea has a dedicated cyber-warfare army unit. After all, only a few hundred people in the country even have access to the internet. But the country has worked to establish an elite group of hackers.

North Korean defectors say that the country actively searches for schoolchildren who display mathematical talent, and then trains them up in elite universities to become experts in hacking.

China, Korea
(hackers • hotel)

Frozen fans who can’t ‘let it go’ have something to look forward to in January!

KK Miller
Oct 19, 2014

Like the fairy tale fantasies that Disney produces, Frozen‘s development has been nothing short of a “Cinderella” story itself. Languishing in development hell for a very long time, Disney wasn’t about to waste such a promising story like “Anna and the Snow Queen”. Their patience definitely paid off, and the millions of fans around the world are eagerly awaiting what’s next for their new favorite characters. Japanese fans won’t have to wait any longer as Tokyo Disneyland has unveiled a whole host of new Frozen additions to the park embracing the theme of “After Frozen”.

Japan
(attraction • Disney Resort • Disneyland • event • frozen • Frozen Fantasy • hotel)

Tokyo court rules that hotels must pay NHK fees according to the number of rooms with TVs

Krista Rogers
Oct 13, 2014

Last year, we brought you news of a court ruling in Yokohama which stipulated that anyone who owns a device capable of receiving a TV signal, regardless of whether they’ve entered into a contract with NHK (Japan’s public broadcasting station) or not, is legally obligated to pay the NHK licensing fee. An important point to note is that the fees are only paid once per household, and not according to the number of TV sets or devices capable of receiving a signal in the house.

However, a recent court decision seems to be taking the issue of NHK licensing fees in a whole new direction. On October 9, Tokyo District Court ruled in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that the management company behind three Tokyo hotels must first enter into a contract with the public broadcaster. Furthermore, the hotels, all three of which had refused to enter into contracts despite repeated requests from NHK, must also pay their overdue licensing fees in proportion to the number of hotel rooms with TVs.

Just wait til you read how much money that all comes out to be…

Japan
(court decision • fees • hotel • lawsuit • NHK • Tokyo • Tokyo District Court • TV)

LA hotel gets ready for Hello Kitty expo with themed hotel rooms, food

Anime News Network
Sep 8, 2014

Now that the whole debacle over Hello Kitty’s identity is settled, fans can get back to other things, like preparing for the first ever Hello Kitty convention, set to take place from October 30 to November 2 in Los Angeles.

And, at least in that small corner of town, everyone is ready. The Line, the official hotel of the convention, is trotting out special Hello Kitty-themed rooms, and a Hello Kitty Spam musubi by chef Roy Choi.

Japan
(Anime News Network • food • Hello Kitty • hotel)

Stay at the unique Artist in Hotel and absorb some Japanese culture — through your hotel room!

Kay
Aug 15, 2014

Tired of staying at nondescript, ordinary-looking hotels? If that’s the case, and you’re traveling to Tokyo, you may want to check out this highly unique hotel located in the Higashi-shimbashi area. In fact, when you stay at this hotel, you may not want to leave your room, because the rooms there have practically been turned into works of art, and not just any kind of art — each room is filled with elements of Japanese culture. So, why don’t we take a look at the stylish rooms at the Artist In Hotel, where the interior is not only stunningly artistic, but can be a cultural lesson as well!

Japan
(art • Artist in Hotel • hotel • Japanese culture)

A brand new capsule hotel just opened…in Malaysia

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jun 20, 2014

Capsule hotels were something of an anomaly when first introduced to the world through pictures taken in Japan. But it seems the compact rental sleeping areas are catching on abroad. If you thought Japan was the only place you could crawl into a compartment just longer than your body, you’ll be surprised to find that you can now have a similar claustrophobic experience in Malaysia.

SE Asia
(capsule hotel • hotel • Kuala Lumpur International Airport • lodging)

Japanese airline rolls out its summer 2014 Pokémon-themed travel deals!

Krista Rogers
Jun 10, 2014

Pikachu invites you to create wonderful memories with your family this summer as part of All Nippon Airways (ANA)’s 2014 Pokémon-themed travel campaign! The summer campaign has proved popular with families with small children in the past (and with the adults, too…), and 2014 promises to be no exception. Some of the notable features include the chance to fly in a one-of-a-kind Pokémon jumbo jet, a special in-flight animated video, hotel rooms decked out in Pokémon paraphernalia, and other cool surprises! If you’re a Pokémon fanatic, this might just be the perfect vacation plan for you.