Facing Olympic hotel shortage, Tokyo looks offshore

Tokyo is facing a shortage of accommodation when Olympic fans pour into the Japanese capital for next year’s Games so officials are looking offshore — to moored cruise ships operating as floating hotels.

Among those on board with the idea is Japan’s largest travel agency JTB, which has chartered the 1,011-cabin Sun Princess for the Olympic period, complete with everything from jacuzzis to a theatre.The agency is offering packages that combine rooms with Olympic event tickets, but they don’t come cheap.

“Although we can’t disclose the actual numbers, we have received an excellent reaction from our customers”, he toldAnd Kuge said he expected the package to have a special draw — “a sense of unity” among customers who will all be cheering on Olympic athletes. Japan’s hotel business law bans rooms without a window, but the health ministry last year issued an ordinance that allows ships with windowless cabins to be used as hotels during major events.“It is unclear if hotels ships in the Tokyo Bay will be able to cover hotel rooms shortage,” warned a report on the issue published in October by Mizuho Research Institute.

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