Category Opinion

Scrolling through Twitter one day very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, I saw a tweet that struck me as equal parts mirthless and true. “Things will be fine, eventually, in thousands of years, for rocks,” quipped comedian Donni Saphire. It…

In Japan, there are a number of Western-style “classic hotels” that have been operating since before World War II, many of which were developed in the 1930s. Kawana Hotel in the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Unzen Kanko Hotel…