"One of the most name-checked restaurants in rap history, Nobu, has apparently received a serious upgrade of its Palo Alto hotel location, according to the San Francisco Business Times. The hotel expanded its footprint to include a new Japanese-inspired garden area, made by landscape designer Shigeru Namba — otherwise known for his work on billionaire Larry Ellison’s Woodside home styled after a 16th-century Japanese emperor’s palace." - Dianne de Guzman