Wednesday, January 7, 2015

a 1,300 year old hotel facing a very modern issue

Hoshi Ryokan hotel. Photo: Wikipedia

The fact that forty-six generations of the same family has consecutively run this Japanese hotel since the year 718 is just one of the interesting tales this quiet, but epic, twelve-minute documentary explores.

Watch it when you feel contemplative; the score is as soothing as the narrative.
(by Fritz Shumann via Vimeo).