Shogoin Yatsuhashi Sohonten (Shogoin Sanno-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City) declared that the year it was founded in 1689 was a lie, and rival company Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo (Shijo Aguru, Kawabata-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City) announced on the 4th. A lawsuit was filed with the Kyoto District Court seeking an injunction on the contents of the publication.
Erwan Heussaff, a Filipino TV personality who is rising in popularity, visited 6 farm stay areas on TV. This volume introduces three rural stay areas (Iiyama in Nagano Prefecture, Hida Furukawa in Gifu Prefecture, and Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture) starting from Tokyo.