Talking of The Beatles, a Japanese hotel where the band stayed on their only visit to the country has opened the suite they occupied to the public. The Capitol Tokyu Hotel, then the Tokyo Hilton, hosted the fab four when they played a number of concerts in Japan back in 1966. A spokesperson for the hotel, Michael Miyauchi, said: "We have done our best to restore the presidential suite to how it looked when the Beatles stayed."
It's not the only event taking place in Japan to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the band's visit, with Beatles tribute bands taking part in a competition to see who's the best, whilst an exhibition of photos taken during their stay is also on show. Commenting on the group's cultural impact on the country, someone called Keiko Iwai said: "They exuded a new approach that we Japanese had never experienced before. Their hairstyle was so popular, their fashion sense. I remember watching the movies, too."