The Young Proprietress of a Kyoto Inn Smiles and Says She's Already Moved Your Checkout to Next Month – intro video

You came to Kyoto for a week to finish a manuscript, and booked a century-and-a-half-old inn in Higashiyama. On the seventh morning, you come down to check out. The young proprietress kneels behind the front desk and smiles as she turns the register toward you. In the checkout column, she has changed the date to next month in brush ink. “Haven't finished the manuscript yet, have you?” she says. “There's no better place to write than here.”