One Dollar Hotel.

What would you do for a practically free hotel room? At the Asahi Ryokan hotel in Fukuoka, Japan, guests can pay just 100 yen (about $1) per night--in exchange for having their entire stay livestreamed on YouTube. The owner, 27-year-old Tetsuya Inoue, recently inherited the hotel and wanted to make it "something special that everyone will talk about." He began offering this deal at the end of 2019. There are some restrictions on the livestream: For starters, there are no cameras in the bathroom and no audio is broadcast (unless the guest chooses to switch on the microphone). But otherwise, viewers can see what...