Last Week In Tokyo,

as in many countries, 

restrictions were lifted, allowing restaurants and bars to reopen, but whilst for the majority of the population, that means drinking and eating returning to nearly normal, some dinners still wish to be cautious,  

with this is in mind, Hoshinoya Tokyo is offering socially-distanced dinners inside chochin lanterns,

beginning on October 13, 2021, the Hoshinoya resort in Tokyo will begin offering chochin dinners. Chochin lanterns have long been a traditional part of Japan’s eateries and business establishments and the hotel reinvented them as partitions that can be placed over each diner,

if you’re interested in the chochin dinner it is at Hoshino Tokyo, it appears it is necessary to book in advance, there is a 30,000 yen charge, at today’s rate £191.49 or $262.84 for the space on top of 21,780 yen per person for the pre-set course, again at today’s rate £139.82 or  $190.82, it may seem over cautious, but who knows?