TOKYO -- Bright sunlight and a distant horizon were the first sight that greeted Masashi Arai each morning from his hotel window in the seaside town of Toba, in central Japan, a stark contrast from the steel and glass towers Arai normally sees from his Tokyo Bay office -- and the perfect place to combine six weeks of work and leisure.
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"This quietness has immersed me in my job," said Masashi Arai, on left, who enjoyed a workation in Toba in Japan's Mie prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Fixer)
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