Japanese hotel room $1 per night, but you’ll be livestreamed

Want to stay in a hotel room for $1 per night? A hotel in Japan will let you do that — as long as you make your room available for a 24-hour livestream.

The Asahi Ryokan 10-room hotel in Fukuoka, which has been around for more than 30 years, is trying a new strategy to boost revenue, according to owner Tetsuya Inoue. Inoue inherited the hotel from his grandmother about a year ago and is now billing it as the “One Dollar Hotel.”

His goal is to make the hotel run from YouTube advertising income and not accommodation fees. He is aware of the challenge ahead: “I started this project just three weeks ago, so even I don’t know whether it can be profitable,” he told USA TODAY.

To answer some questions you definitely have:

• The $1 stay does include taxes and fees.
• A camera is usually located on the table in the room.
• The microphone in the room is normally switched off but can be turned on if guests agree.
• There is no camera in the common bathrooms, which are outside of the room where people can undress/change.
• The maximum stay is five days.