A century-old Japanese-style inn southwest of Tokyo that nearly went bust amid outdated management practices has successfully rebuilt its business, thanks to an injection of modern technology.Jinya is a 20-room hot-spring inn in the Tsurumaki spa resort in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, about an hour by train from Tokyo's Shinjuku Station. Established in 1918, it is known among Japanese "shogi" chess enthusiasts as the venue of countless title matches."Jinya had a debt of 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) and was on the brink of bankruptcy when my husband took over as the fourth president in 2009,…READ FULL ARTICLE
