{
  "id": 9524778,
  "title": "Bar Featuring Bonfire Opens at Hoshino Resorts Hotel in Japan’s Asahikawa in Hokkaido",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/bar-featuring-bonfire-opens-at-hoshino-resorts-hotel-in-japans",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T08:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/japan-focus/20260924-350403/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A bar with a bonfire has opened at a hotel in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, through early November. Visitors can enjoy the unique outdoor bar on the fifth floor of OMO 7 Asahikawa by Hoshino Resorts. The bar is furnished with chairs, sofas, and other locally produced furniture pieces crafted by six local furniture manufacturers. The firewood used for the bonfire comes from offcuts generated during the furniture-making process. Hotel guests have praised the soothing ambiance created by the bonfire. The bar is open daily from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. until November 3, barring any adverse weather conditions.",
  "summary": "ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — A bar is open through early November at a hotel in central Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where visitors can enjoy a bonfire at a space furnished with locally produced furniture.",
  "key_points": [
    "Bonfire bar opens at OMO 7 Asahikawa hotel in Hokkaido, Japan",
    "Furniture from six local manufacturers used for bar decor",
    "Bonfire fueled by offcuts from furniture-making process"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}