When the young Sennosuke Yamaguchi took part in one of Japan’s early diplomatic missions to Europe and the U.S., the experience left him brimming with ideas. In 1878, the Keio University graduate ...

It's a different matter with ryokan, Japan's traditional and often premium-priced inns, but outside the stellar class of regular hotels charging astronomical rates, their down-to-earth cousins aren't ...

The original Fujiya Hotel in Hakone was Japan's first western-style resort hotel, and still remains as an atmospheric, slightly shopworn relic of the Meiji Era. Its lone Tokyo outpost doesn't have the ...

Guests stroll through the Fujiya Hotel like wide-eyed tourists drinking in the sights in an exotic port of call. They gaze at the dragon spiraling around a banister, the snake slithering up a support ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- After a hiatus of 10 years, long-time hospitality business specialist Akira Ando last June returned to the post of president at the operator of the Fujiya Hotel, Japan's first ...

An advisor puts her work-life balance to the travel testKaren Urosevich is setting off on a monthlong trip to Australia, New Zealand and Bali. Can she immerse herself in travel -- and... A tunnel to ...

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