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Hostels and inns are Japan's new art galleries

Artisans create spaces where they can embrace the casual observer

Artist Yohei Takahashi helped design one of the two guest rooms at Tokyo's BnA Hotel Koenji.

TOKYO -- Some Japanese lodgings are getting into the art museum business.

The reason is simple. "People spend at least seven to eight hours at a lodging facility," said Yoshitaka Yazu, an artist and proprietor of a new hostel, "so you can get them to spend enough time to appreciate works of art."

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