Desperate for guests, Hokkaido hotels offer rooms for $20

Coronavirus delivers blow to Japan's tourist-dependent island

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Just few tourists were seen at Sapporo's historic clock tower.

MASAMITSU ITO and YURI MITSUI, Nikkei staff writers

HAKODATE/SAPPORO, Japan -- As the coronavirus outbreak drives guests away from Japan's tourist hot spots, some hotels have begun offering rooms for as little as $20 in a desperate attempt to keep doors open.

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