equity funds: Private equity funds like Soft Bank-owned Fortress Investment Group LLC and Hong Kong-based Odyssey Capital Group are spending billions to tap into the appeal of traditional inns amid a tourism boom that's ramping up ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics, according to The Japan Times. The big funds are moving in as centuries-old spas, many of them still family-run, struggle to find successors in an aging country where small towns and villages are losing young people. ; Odyssey, along with two other investors, last year purchased its first onsen inn in Japan, a facility with 28 tatami-floored guest rooms near the Sea of Japan called Kagetsu, which means flowering moon. Now some of the world's oldest businesses are attracting big new money. Christopher Aiello, managing director of Odyssey's Japan real estate business, says the firm plans to spend 500 million in the next three years buying about 20 more traditional Japanese inns, known as ryokan. Many of these ryokan are very undervalued after experiencing so much recession and mismanagement, but a lot of them are located in beautiful natural settings. The Japanese hospitality sector has tremendous opportunities for investment, Aiello said in an interview.
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