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Tokyo Meal Premiums Sep 2026: Breakfast +11.3%, City Half-Board +29.3%

Posted: 2026.10.22

Area & Property Analysis

How much more do Tokyo hotels charge when breakfast is added? We measured this through September 2026 by comparing only hotels that sell both a room-only plan and a breakfast-included plan within the same property. The breakfast premium narrowed in September to +11.3% for business hotels (N=361 properties) and +16.7% for city hotels (N=65 properties), down from +13.5% and +17.4% in August. Meanwhile, the step from breakfast-included to half-board (breakfast and dinner) moved in opposite directions: it narrowed to +15.8% for business hotels (N=37) from +19.7% in August, but widened to +29.3% for city hotels (N=26) from +23.6%. This article breaks down September’s pattern — “breakfast narrows, only city-hotel half-board widens” — by hotel category, monthly trend, comparison with Osaka and Kyoto, and Tokyo ward, and frames it as a yardstick Tokyo revenue managers can use to check the pricing of their own meal plans.

Scope: hotels in Tokyo (paired comparison of properties that sell both meal types being compared within the same hotel). Breakfast vs. room-only: N=455 properties in total (361 business, 65 city, 22 deluxe). Price metrics in this article are estimated settled ADR (the settled price level estimated from OTA and other sales data, tax-exclusive equivalent); occupancy is an estimate based on OTA-listed inventory. Definitions are at the end of the article. Data as of: October 21, 2026.

About the data in this article
• ADR (average daily rate) = an estimated settled rate (tax-exclusive equivalent), calculated by applying category-specific adjustment factors to the lowest plan price each property publishes on OTAs (per-room rate for 2 guests in 1 room, tax-inclusive). Checked against property-level results disclosed by listed hotel REITs (91 properties, most recent 3 months), the median error is about 7%. These are estimates and differ from each property’s actual settled prices and accounting figures.
• Area-level ADR (prefecture or municipality) is the median of the estimated settled rates of the properties covered (the level of a typical property in the area).
• Where listed prices are mentioned, they are per-room rates for 2 guests in 1 room (tax-inclusive).
• OCC (occupancy) = rooms sold as a share of total rooms in the area (an estimate based on OTA sales inventory).
• Source: MetroEngines Research (continuously tracks OTA published prices for about 168,000 properties in Japan, of which about 27,000 have confirmed operating data)
Key Takeaways
  • — The breakfast premium is +11.3% for business hotels (N=361) and +16.7% for city hotels (N=65). In September 2026 both narrowed from August’s +13.5% and +17.4%.
  • — City hotels’ half-board vs. breakfast step is +29.3% (N=26), up from +23.6% in August, reaching +56.0% over room-only.
  • — Over May–September, the breakfast step followed a seasonal shape: it widened in summer and returned to May–June levels in September.
  • — The breakfast step is almost identical in Tokyo and Osaka (+11.3% for business hotels in both). For half-board, Tokyo business hotels are thin at +15.8% versus Osaka +32.3% and Kyoto +46.1%.
  • — By ward, business hotels in Chuo are at +17.0% (N=61) while Koto is at +0.1% (N=11). Compare your own step against your ward’s market rather than the Tokyo average.

Measuring Meal Premiums with Same-Hotel Paired Comparisons — Methodology

First, it is worth clarifying what the figures in this article measure. The meal premium is the price difference, expressed as a ratio, between a room-only plan and a breakfast-included plan (or between breakfast-included and half-board), counted only when the same hotel sells both in the same month. If you average room-only-only hotels against breakfast-only hotels across the whole market, differences in location and grade get mixed into the “value of the meal.” Restricting the comparison to price gaps within the same property separates out that effect. So “+11.3%” here does not mean “Tokyo business hotels are on average 11.3% more expensive with breakfast”; it means “among the 361 properties that sell both, the breakfast plan is priced on average 11.3% higher than room-only.”

All comparisons use 2 adults in 1 room, and results are aggregated for three categories — business, city and deluxe hotels — and overall. Ryokan are excluded from the paired comparison because meals are the core of their product, and cases where they sell room-only and meal-inclusive plans side by side are structurally different. Every figure is shown with the number of properties for which a pair was established (N=), and combinations with fewer than 10 properties are treated as reference values. We do not discuss price levels themselves; where needed, we supplement with estimated settled ADR (tax-exclusive equivalent, monthly).

Steps by Hotel Category — Breakfast Narrowed from August; Only City-Hotel Half-Board Widened

The table below sets September’s results by category alongside August. The breakfast vs. room-only step is +11.3% for business, +16.7% for city and +16.9% for deluxe hotels — a staircase in which the step grows with the hotel tier, an order unchanged from August (+13.5%, +17.4%, +17.1%). What changed is the width: business hotels narrowed by 2.2 points, city hotels by 0.7 points, and deluxe was roughly flat. Overall, the premium narrowed 1.6 points, from +15.0% (N=468) to +13.4% (N=455).

Table 1: Meal premiums by hotel category in Tokyo (September and August 2026, same-hotel paired comparison)
CategoryPair comparedSeptember 2026August 2026Change (pt)
BusinessBreakfast vs. room-only+11.3% (N=361)+13.5% (N=361)−2.2
BusinessHalf-board vs. breakfast+15.8% (N=37)+19.7% (N=36)−3.9
BusinessHalf-board vs. room-only+30.8% (N=37)+35.6% (N=36)−4.8
CityBreakfast vs. room-only+16.7% (N=65)+17.4% (N=65)−0.7
CityHalf-board vs. breakfast+29.3% (N=26)+23.6% (N=24)+5.7
CityHalf-board vs. room-only+56.0% (N=26)+49.0% (N=24)+7.0
DeluxeBreakfast vs. room-only+16.9% (N=22)+17.1% (N=22)−0.2
DeluxeHalf-board vs. breakfast+21.6% (N=16)+23.6% (N=16)−2.0
OverallBreakfast vs. room-only+13.4% (N=455)+15.0% (N=468)−1.6
OverallHalf-board vs. breakfast+23.1% (N=82)+22.9% (N=84)+0.2

Same-hotel paired comparison, 2 adults per room, ryokan excluded. N = number of properties with a valid pair. Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

One likely reason the breakfast step narrowed in the same direction across all categories is that the premium is a ratio. Breakfast charges are often fixed in yen at each property, so when the base room-only rate moves with the season, the same breakfast shows up as a larger or smaller ratio. September includes holiday weekends and is a month of strong lodging demand in Tokyo; in months when room-only rates are relatively strong, the breakfast ratio tends to be compressed. Business hotels narrowing the most, by 2.2 points, is consistent with their lower room-only price band, where the same yen-denominated breakfast charge produces larger swings in the ratio.

Half-board, however, diverged by category. Business hotels’ half-board vs. breakfast step narrowed 3.9 points from +19.7% to +15.8%, suggesting the same compression seen with breakfast. City hotels, by contrast, widened 5.7 points from +23.6% to +29.3%, reaching +56.0% over room-only (up from +49.0%). Half-board at city hotels is a product whose dinner component is easy to rework for anniversaries and holiday leisure stays, so a number of properties likely priced the dinner portion more richly for September’s holiday demand. That said, city-hotel half-board pairs number only 26 properties, so changes to a few properties’ plan line-ups can move the rate — read the figure with that in mind. For a prefecture-by-prefecture comparison of the half-board step at business hotels, see also Dinner Premium Median +28.3% / ¥4,451: Two-Meal Plans by Prefecture.

Same-hotel paired comparison, August and September 2026. Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

Trend Since May — The Breakfast Step Widened in Summer and Returned in September

Tracking the trend from May to September 2026 shows whether September’s narrowing is a one-off fluctuation or a seasonal shape. For business hotels, the breakfast vs. room-only step widened gradually toward summer — from +11.2% in May (N=358) to +13.0% in June, +13.3% in July and +13.5% in August — before returning to +11.3% (N=361) in September. City hotels widened in the same way, from +14.5% in May (N=61) to +16.7% in June, +16.8% in July and +17.4% in August, and in September came back to the June level at +16.7% (N=65). In other words, September’s narrowing is a reversion of the summer-widened step to May–June levels, and it is most natural to read both categories as having a seasonal shape that peaks in summer.

Looking at half-board vs. breakfast over the same period, business hotels widened from +14.1% in May (N=35) to +19.7% in August, then narrowed to +15.8% in September (N=37), tracing the same seasonal shape as breakfast. City hotels, by contrast, swung widely month to month: +18.5% in May (N=22), +23.3% in June, +42.9% in July, +23.6% in August and +29.3% in September (N=26). July’s +42.9% stands out, helped by the small sample, and city-hotel half-board is better described as an area where differences in each property’s product design drive the monthly rate, rather than a “market rate.” October is still in progress and the plans on sale are still changing, so it is not included in the trend.

Tokyo, same-hotel paired comparison. N = business breakfast 358–365 / city breakfast 61–65 / business half-board 35–38 / city half-board 22–26 properties. Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

Comparison with Osaka and Kyoto — Tokyo and Osaka Match on Breakfast; Kyoto Stands Out on Half-Board

It is also worth checking where Tokyo’s steps sit relative to other major cities. In September, the breakfast vs. room-only step for business hotels was exactly the same in Tokyo, at +11.3% (N=361), and Osaka, at +11.3% (N=163), while Kyoto was more than 7 points higher at +18.5% (N=71). For city hotels, the picture is unchanged — Tokyo +16.7% (N=65), Osaka +16.9% (N=57) and Kyoto +18.4% (N=29) — with Tokyo and Osaka level and Kyoto slightly higher. For the breakfast step, it is fair to say that business and city hotels in Tokyo and Osaka form a largely common market rate.

For half-board vs. breakfast, on the other hand, the gaps among the three cities are large. For business hotels, Tokyo is at +15.8% (N=37) versus Osaka +32.3% (N=24) and Kyoto +46.1% (N=17) — Tokyo’s step is only about half of Osaka’s. For city hotels, Tokyo at +29.3% (N=26) exceeds Osaka at +20.8% (N=21), and Kyoto is again the highest at +41.3% (N=22). In Kyoto, the half-board step for both business and city hotels has stayed in a +30% to +49% band for the five months since May, making it a stable market where stay-oriented products that include dinner can command high prices. The numbers show that few Tokyo business hotels sell half-board at all (only 37 valid pairs), and that those that do apply only a thin step. For a detailed analysis of how Kyoto’s breakfast premium moves during the autumn peak season, see Kyoto Breakfast Premium: Business +18.5%, City +18.4%; Autumn 12–13%.

September 2026, same-hotel paired comparison. Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

The Breakfast Step by Ward — From +17.0% in Chuo to Nearly Zero in Koto

Even within Tokyo, the market rate for the step varies widely by ward. Lining up the business-hotel breakfast vs. room-only step for wards with at least 10 valid pairs, Chuo is highest at +17.0% (N=61), while Shinagawa +12.7% (N=17), Shibuya +12.5% (N=10), Chiyoda +11.9% (N=30) and Toshima +11.9% (N=23) cluster around the Tokyo average of +11.3%. Taito +10.4% (N=44), Shinjuku +10.2% (N=23) and Minato +10.0% (N=44) are slightly lower, and Bunkyo +6.6% (N=11), Ota +4.8% (N=22) and Koto +0.1% (N=11) stay in single digits or below.

Table 2: Breakfast vs. room-only premium by ward (September 2026)
WardBusiness (breakfast vs. room-only)City (breakfast vs. room-only)
Chuo+17.0% (N=61)+15.6% (N=13)
Minato+10.0% (N=44)+17.8% (N=12)
Taito+10.4% (N=44)—
Chiyoda+11.9% (N=30)+9.9% (N=7, reference)
Toshima+11.9% (N=23)—
Shinjuku+10.2% (N=23)+15.4% (N=7, reference)
Ota+4.8% (N=22)—
Shinagawa+12.7% (N=17)—
Bunkyo+6.6% (N=11)—
Koto+0.1% (N=11)—
Shibuya+12.5% (N=10)—
Tokyo total+11.3% (N=361)+16.7% (N=65)

September 2026, same-hotel paired comparison. Business hotels: wards with 10+ valid pairs; city hotels: wards with 5+ valid pairs. Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

What this distribution shows is that the breakfast step is determined more by “location” than by “hotel category.” Business hotels in Chuo achieve +17.0%, the same level as the Tokyo city-hotel average of +16.7%, whereas business hotels in Minato are at +10.0%, nearly 8 points below city hotels in the same ward (+17.8%, N=12). In wards such as Ota and Koto, where the step has all but disappeared, the dominant approach appears to be bundling breakfast in as practically free; by contrast, in central wards with plenty of nearby breakfast dining options, it seems easier to sell breakfast as a paid add-on. When assessing your own step, it is more practical to compare against your ward’s market rate than the Tokyo average.

Demand Backdrop — Estimated OCC 90.0–90.3% (September 2026 Monthly Average); City-Hotel Estimated Settled ADR −10.3% YoY

It is also worth noting the demand and pricing behind September’s meal premiums. The September average estimated OCC (based on OTA-listed inventory) was 90.0% for city hotels (52–54 properties, 16,054–17,294 rooms, based on listings on major booking sites) and 90.3% for business hotels (538–561 properties, 78,348–80,960 rooms), with both categories finishing the month at high levels. By day of week, city hotels peaked at 93.1% on Saturday versus 88.3% on Sunday and 88.8% on Friday, and business hotels at 91.6% on Saturday and 91.3% on Wednesday versus 88.5% on Friday — Saturday was highest for both. The peak days were Sunday, September 20 (city 96.5%, business 98.0%) and Saturday, September 19 (95.9%, 96.5%), concentrated in the first half of the holiday weekend that included Respect for the Aged Day (September 21).

On pricing, September’s estimated settled ADR (final, tax-exclusive equivalent) for city hotels was ¥24,700 (N=110), down 10.3% from ¥27,500 (N=107) in the same month last year, while business hotels were at ¥13,400 (N=914), up 2.2% from ¥13,100 (N=894). That the breakfast step held at +16.7% even as city-hotel rates fell about 10% below last year shows that meal-plan premiums functioned as a separate pricing lever even in a month when room rates struggled to grow. October’s estimated settled ADR — an estimate based on current sales — is ¥35,700 for city hotels (N=108) and ¥20,200 for business hotels (N=893), pending finalization at month-end.

Table 3: Demand and price indicators in Tokyo (September 2026)
Indicator (September 2026)City hotelsBusiness hotels
Estimated settled ADR (final, tax-exclusive equivalent)¥24,650 (N=110)¥13,364 (N=914)
Same month last year (September 2025, final)¥27,467 (N=107)¥13,072 (N=894)
YoY−10.3%+2.2%
Estimated OCC, monthly average (based on OTA-listed inventory)90.0% (52–54 properties)90.3% (538–561 properties)
Breakfast vs. room-only premium+16.7% (N=65)+11.3% (N=361)

Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

For Revenue Managers at Tokyo Business and City Hotels — Implications and Action Plan

Operational insights

1. Check your breakfast step against your ward’s market rate. In September, the Tokyo-wide breakfast vs. room-only step was +11.3% for business hotels and +16.7% for city hotels, but by ward it ranged from +17.0% for business hotels in Chuo to +10.0% in Minato and +4.8% in Ota. Convert the price gap between your breakfast and room-only plans into a ratio: if it is well below your ward’s value, there may be room to revisit your breakfast plan pricing; if it is well above, check whether the share of guests choosing breakfast has fallen.

2. Treat the breakfast ratio as something that moves with the season. Over May–September, the step for both business and city hotels widened in summer and returned to May–June levels in September. The more a property fixes its breakfast charge in yen, the more the ratio shrinks in months with strong room-only rates and widens in weak months. Do not read a narrowing step as “breakfast has lost value”; separate it from movements on the room-only side.

3. Half-board is widening at city hotels and thin at business hotels. City hotels’ half-board vs. breakfast step reached +29.3% in September (N=26), or +56.0% over room-only, while business hotels stayed at +15.8% (N=37) — thin even compared with Osaka’s +32.3% and Kyoto’s +46.1%. Few Tokyo business hotels offer plans that include dinner, so properties that can productize dinner-inclusive plans — for example through tie-ups with nearby restaurants — may find this a low-competition area worth exploring.

4. Meal-plan design matters most in months when room rates struggle to grow. City hotels’ estimated settled ADR in September was down 10.3% YoY, yet the breakfast step held at +16.7% and the half-board step at +29.3%. The takeaway from this data is that even when room-only rate increases are hard to push through, pricing design for meal-inclusive plans remained available as a separate revenue lever.

Action plan (for November sales)

Table 4: Action plan (for November sales)
TimeframeActionDecision trigger (figures from this article)Aim
Today–this weekConvert the price gap between your breakfast and room-only plans into a ratio and compare it with your ward and category market ratesIf you remain below business +11.3% / city +16.7% (Tokyo average), or Chuo business +17.0% / Minato business +10.0%Understand where your breakfast plan pricing sits relative to the market
Today–this weekCompare September’s breakfast plan take-up (share of bookings with breakfast) with AugustIf your step narrowed more than the market (business −2.2pt, city −0.7pt) but take-up did not riseDetermine whether the narrower step is meeting demand or is simply a price decline
Within 2 weeksConsider restructuring breakfast charges from a fixed yen amount to tiers linked to room-only rate bandsIf your step fluctuated more over May–September than the market (business +11.2% to +13.5%)Design pricing so the ratio does not shrink too much in peak months or widen too much in slow months
Within 2 weeksCity hotels: review the dinner content and pricing of half-board plans for NovemberIf your half-board vs. breakfast step is well below +29.3% (N=26) and half-board take-up is growingTest whether there is room to price the dinner portion more richly for holiday and anniversary demand
Toward next monthBusiness hotels: model a dinner-inclusive product, for example through tie-ups with nearby restaurantsIf few competitors in your ward sell half-board and Tokyo business hotels’ step (+15.8%) stays thinner than Osaka (+32.3%) and Kyoto (+46.1%)Add revenue beyond the room through a meal-inclusive product with little competition
Toward next monthRe-measure the breakfast step once October is finalized and update meal-plan price tables for November–DecemberIf months in which room rates struggle to grow continue, like city hotels’ estimated settled ADR at −10.3% YoYManage room rates and meal plans as separate levers

Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

Summary — Three Yardsticks for Reading Tokyo’s Meal Premiums

First, the breakfast step forms a staircase by hotel category. In September it was +11.3% for business (N=361), +16.7% for city (N=65) and +16.9% for deluxe hotels (N=22); the pattern of a thicker step at higher tiers was unchanged from August. Second, the step is a ratio that expands and contracts with the season; over May–September it widened in summer and came back in September. As long as breakfast charges are fixed in yen, it is important to understand that the strength or weakness of room-only rates moves the ratio. Third, half-board is a matter of product design rather than a market rate: city hotels widened to +29.3%, while business hotels, at +15.8%, are thinner than Osaka and Kyoto. When measuring your own step, compare it at three levels — Tokyo average, your ward and your category — and pinpoint at which level the gap arises. To place Tokyo’s step within the nationwide distribution, a useful companion is our 10-market comparison, Breakfast Premium 4.4x Gap: Kyoto 22.0% vs Shizuoka 5.0%, 10 Markets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What does the meal premium measure?

It is the price difference, expressed as a ratio, between room-only and breakfast-included plans (or between breakfast-included and half-board), counted only when the same hotel sells both in the same month. Its key feature is that it separates out differences in location and grade. In Tokyo in September 2026, the breakfast vs. room-only premium was +11.3% for business hotels (N=361) and +16.7% for city hotels (N=65).

Q. What is the typical premium for a breakfast plan over room-only in Tokyo?

In September 2026 it was +13.4% overall (N=455), and by category +11.3% for business, +16.7% for city and +16.9% for deluxe hotels. The range across wards is wide: for business hotels it spanned from +17.0% in Chuo (N=61) to +0.1% in Koto (N=11).

Q. Why did the breakfast step narrow in September?

Because the premium is a ratio, when many properties fix their breakfast charge in yen, the ratio shrinks in months when room-only rates are strong. Over May–September the step widened in summer and returned to May–June levels in September, so it is most natural to read it as a seasonal shape.

Q. How does Tokyo’s half-board premium compare with Osaka and Kyoto?

In September 2026, the half-board vs. breakfast step for business hotels was thinner in Tokyo at +15.8% (N=37) than in Osaka at +32.3% (N=24) and Kyoto at +46.1% (N=17). For city hotels, however, Tokyo at +29.3% (N=26) exceeded Osaka at +20.8% (N=21), while Kyoto was at +41.3% (N=22).

Q. How should I check the pricing of my own breakfast plan?

Convert the price gap between your breakfast and room-only plans into a ratio and compare it at three levels: Tokyo average, your ward and your category. If it is well below your ward’s market rate, there may be room to revise pricing; if it is above, check whether breakfast take-up has fallen. It is important to read any narrowing of the step separately from movements on the room-only side.

About the Data

Table 5: Data definitions and coverage
Meal premiumCalculated only for properties that sell both of the two meal types being compared (e.g., room-only and breakfast-included) within the same hotel in the same month, with the price gap expressed as a ratio. Aggregated for 2 adults in 1 room; ryokan are excluded from the paired comparison. N = number of properties with a valid pair; combinations with fewer than 10 properties are treated as reference values. Only premium rates (%) are shown, not price levels themselves.
Estimated OCCOccupancy based on OTA-listed inventory = 100 − 100 × OTA-listed rooms remaining ÷ total rooms. Covers a fixed cohort of properties that list at least 30% of their total rooms on OTAs (the same set of properties for each stay date; the number in parentheses is that count). This is an estimate based on how OTA-sold inventory is absorbed and differs in definition from actual room occupancy (rooms not listed are counted as sold, so it tends to read high). Target month: September 2026; city hotels in Tokyo (52–54 properties, 16,054–17,294 rooms) and business hotels (538–561 properties, 78,348–80,960 rooms).
Booking curveBased on observations from 45 days before the stay date up to the most recent date.
Estimated settled ADRThe settled price level (tax-exclusive equivalent) estimated from OTA and other sales data (lowest-plan level × category-specific factor, ensemble of multiple channels). Past months are final values; current and future months are estimates based on current sales. Median error versus published operating results: 6.6%. Coverage: city hotels in Tokyo (September 2026 N=110, September 2025 N=107, October 2026 N=108) and business hotels (September 2026 N=914, September 2025 N=894, October 2026 N=893).
Coverage breakdownMeal premium (September 2026, breakfast vs. room-only): Tokyo 455 properties overall (361 business, 65 city, 22 deluxe); Osaka 163 business, 57 city; Kyoto 71 business, 29 city. Half-board vs. breakfast: Tokyo 37 business, 26 city, 16 deluxe; Osaka 24 business, 21 city; Kyoto 17 business, 22 city. Ward-level figures shown for wards with 10+ business-hotel pairs or 5+ city-hotel pairs.
Data as ofData as of: October 21, 2026. Sales and inventory change daily, so the figures in this article are a snapshot at the time of retrieval. October 2026 is still in progress and is excluded from the trend and main analysis.

Source: MetroEngines Research; compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

References and Sources

■ Data sources

From the OTA published price data continuously tracked by MetroEngines Research: room-only, breakfast-included and half-board plans (2 adults per room) sold by hotels in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto from May to September 2026. Estimated OCC is based on the absorption of OTA-listed inventory; estimated settled ADR is an estimate obtained by multiplying the lowest-plan level by category-specific factors (tax-exclusive equivalent, monthly).

■ Calculation assumptions

The meal premium is the average mark-up in a paired comparison limited to properties that sell both of the two meal types being compared in the same hotel and month. Categories are business, city and deluxe; ryokan are excluded. Combinations with fewer than 10 valid pairs are treated as reference values, and ward-level figures are shown only for wards with 10+ business-hotel or 5+ city-hotel pairs.

■ Limitations

Ratios are based on listed prices and do not indicate actual settled prices or meal-plan take-up. Breakfast and dinner content is not standardized across properties. Half-board pairs are a small sample of 26–37 properties, so changes to a few properties’ plans can move the rate. October 2026 is excluded because the month is still in progress, and YoY comparisons are not covered because comparable paired data is not available for September 2025.

■ Market data

MetroEngines Research (continuous observation of OTA published prices and inventory); compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team.

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