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We love a good deal on a hotel and when a really cheap deal comes along, we’re quick to check it out.
This hotel is Japan has one of the cheapest deals we’ve ever seen, but it comes with a catch.
You have to be willing to let your whole stay be live-streamed.
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The Asahi Ryokan hotel aka the One Dollar Hotel in Fukuoka, Japan has been getting some attention lately and it has all to do with its cheap rates and live-streaming option.
For ¥100 (RM3.86), guest can check into the Japanese hotel as long as they agree to have their entire stay live-streamed.
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When 27-year-old Tetsuya Inoue took over the hotel from his grandmother, he wondered how he could improve business in this new economy. He wondered if it were possible to use the internet to bring in a new audience and a new revenue stream.
Speaking to CNN, Inoue said that he came across the idea of live-streaming after a British guest who had stayed in the hotel, live-streamed his stay.
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Inoue notes that the One Dollar Hotel is the only hotel to have such a proposal.
Speaking to USA Today, he noted that the camera in the minimally furnished room, is usually placed on a table but is kept out of view of the common-area toilet and shower.
A microphone is also attached to the camera but it’s disabled so as to give the guest some form of privacy (umm…). Guests who wish to, may turn on the microphone if they want to during the live-stream.
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A normal room, with no camera, at the Asahi Ryokan will cost you $27 (RM112) a night. Out of the 10 rooms available at the hotel, only Room 8 has the live-stream option.
Guests who wish to take up the offer have been warned by the hotel to conceal private information such as passports and credit card numbers, away from prying eyes.
So if you’re thinking of taking up this opportunity, be sure to keep all your personal belongings away from the camera.
Since the offer began, four guests have booked their stay at the One Dollar Hotel.
“Young people nowadays don’t care much about the privacy,” Inoue added. “Some of them say it’s OK to be [watched] for just one day.
On the days when the room is vacant, Inoue posts live-streams of himself working in the ryokan’s office, where he even posts signs in Japanese and English to let viewers know when he’s out of the room.
The channel currently has over 1,000 YouTube subscribers already!
Would you check in to this hotel? Would you comfortable having your hotel stay live-streamed to the world? Let us know your thoughts!
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