Minshuku : Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd : 9781864708097 : 1864708093 : 01 Mar 2019 : Japan is a country with a highly developed tourism industry. At present, more and more tourists choose to go to Japan when they travel, to learn about Japanese culture. The book selects almost 40 distinct guesthouses in Japan. Some of them are popular guesthouses found on social media platforms, while others are architectural award-winning projects. All of these projects show new trends in Japanese designs for accommodation. AUTHOR: After studying at Xian University of Architecture and Technology and later at Tsinghua University, Zhao Xiang worked at the Design Institute for the Ministry of Commerce in China for almost a decade. Afterwards, he went to Japan for further study, completing a Master's and PhD at the University of Tokyo. While in Tokyo, he worked for four years at the architectural firm Okada & Associates before becoming a professor at Fukuoka University. Xiang has served as both the sc