A Japanese hotel is offering a room for just 100 yen or $1 per a night on the condition that guests that stay in that have to agree to livestream their stay on YouTube.
The Asahi Ryokan in Fukuoka on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu came up with the livestream idea to use an unpopular room which had low occupancy rates on weekdays.
Stays would be streamed on the Ryokan’s YouTube channel, One Dollar Hotel which already has around 2,300 subscribers.
The in-room stream is video-only so conversations are not recorded. Guests can switch the lights off and the camera cannot see inside the bathrooms. They can change their clothes in an area next to the bathroom.
There are a few other caveats including that lewd acts are not allowed and guests are warned not to show any private document information like passports and bank cards.
“This is a very old Ryokan and I was looking into a new business model,” 27-yearold Tetsuya Inoue, whose grandmother owns the hotel told Cable News Network (CNN).
“Our hotel is on the cheaper side, so we need some added value, something special that everyone will talk about. Young people nowadays don’t care much about privacy. Some of them say it’s ok to be (watched) for one day,” he added.
When the room is not occupied, the camera will stream Inoue working in the office instead. Inoue began offering the deal last month and so far, four guests have taken him up on the offer.
This is not the first time such a hotel concept has opened in Japan. In July, the Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu launched the Superior Cockpit Room, which includes a 90-minute cockpit simulator experience.
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