Pickleball courts pop up in Japan hotels and malls
Sports
Playing spaces for booming sport aim to attract new guests and shoppers
Shinagawa Prince Hotel has repurposed part of a banquet hall into a pickleball court. (Seibu Media Communications)
TOKYO — Hotels, shopping centers and other facilities in Japan are setting up courts for the increasingly popular sport of pickleball, hoping to draw new customers for their core businesses.