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Snack maker Lotte Co. has announced it is opening a hotel in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 6, according to a report in the Japan Times.

The hotel, the first in Japan for the South Korean company, will have 213 rooms. The new property will include rooms featuring its Koara no Maachi (Koala's March) cookie snack mascot. Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho will also house a chocolate cafe and a Korean restaurant owned by Bae Yong Joon, who rose to fame in Japan playing the lead in the popular drama "Winter Sonata."

Located in eastern Tokyo near the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena, the hotel is also expected to draw tourists eager to take in Tokyo Sky Tree, which is slated to replace Tokyo Tower as a radio and TV transmission site in 2012.

Lotte also operates hotels in Seoul, other South Korean cities, and Moscow.

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