Japanese hotels switch to bigger rooms to lure tourist families

More people visit Japan with friends or family instead of business colleagues

20191119 A room of Mimaru

A larger room at Apartment Hotel Mimaru in Tokyo. More facilities are installing such rooms to cater to families.

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese real estate developers are building more hotels with larger rooms as they seek to capitalize on the country's ongoing tourism boom.

With more people coming to Japan with friends and family for sight-seeing, and fewer individuals coming for business, demand for hotel rooms that can accommodate four or more people is rising. Some hotels charge by the room rather than by guest, so patrons can save by sharing the costs of larger rooms.

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