Nara Hotel

Hotel in Nara, Japan

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Nara Hotel

Location within Japan

Hotel chain| JR Hotel Group / Miyako Hotels & Resorts
General information
Location| 1096 Takabatake-chō,
Nara, Nara,
Japan
Coordinates| 34°40′48.1″N 135°50′1.8″E﻿ / ﻿34.680028°N 135.833833°E﻿ / 34.680028; 135.833833
Opening| October 17, 1909
Owner| West Japan Railway Company
Management| Nara Hotel Co., Ltd.
Technical details
Floor count| 3
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Yasushi Kataoka / Kingo Tatsuno
Developer| Cabinet Railway Authority
Other information
Number of rooms| 129
Number of suites| 3
Number of restaurants| 4
Website
www.narahotel.co.jp

Nara Hotel (奈良ホテル) is a five star hotel in Nara, Japan. The hotel is located on the hillside overlooking Nara Park. Opened on October 17, 1909, it is one of the most historic hotels in Japan. It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo who was also the designer of the Bank of Japan building and the Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station and is known as the teacher of Kenkichi Yabashi [ja], the designer of National Diet Building, and Kataoka Yasushi who was also the designer of Osaka City Hall [ja]. It is partially owned by the West Japan Railway Company. In 2009 the first centennial anniversary of the hotel was celebrated.

## Famous guests

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Various crowned and uncrowned heads of state, members of royal families, heads of government, politicians, actors, artists, and other notable persons have stayed at the hotel.[1]

* Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei, with Crown Prince Hirohito, in 1916
* Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese poet, in 1916
* Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, on May 19–27, 1918
* Count Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general, in 1911
* Crown Prince Hirohito, in 1921
* Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, on July 19, 1921
* Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1922
* Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist, on December 17–18, 1922
* Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, in 1928
* Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in 1929
* Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, in 1931
* Emperor Shōwa, in 1932 and 1940
* Emperor Puyi, in 1935. He gave medals to all the staff of the hotel.
* Charlie Chaplin, in 1936
* Empress Kōjun, in 1937 and 1941, 1954
* Helen Keller, American social welfare entrepreneur, in 1937
* José P. Laurel, former Philippine President, in 1945 for two months
* Richard Nixon, U.S. vice-president, in 1953
* Joe DiMaggio, 1954, Marilyn Monroe canceled her reservation
* Marlon Brando, American actor, in 1956
* Glenn Ford, American actor, in 1956
* Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian prime minister, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, in 1957
* Princess Alexandra of Kent, in 1961
* John Diefenbaker, Canadian prime minister, in 1961
* Arturo Frondizi, Argentine president, in 1961
* Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General, in 1962
* Princess Margrethe, The Hereditary Princess of Denmark, in 1963
* Prince Takamatsu, in 1964
* King Baudouin of Belgium, in 1964
* Premier of France, in 1964
* Prince of Laos, in 1965
* Prince of Spain, in 1966
* Prince Chichibu, in 1967
* Prince of Nepal, in 1967
* Crown Prince Naruhito, in 1968
* Gaston Eyskens, Belgian prime minister, in 1969
* Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun, in 1970
* Prince Takamatsu and Princess Takamatsu, in 1970
* Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, in 1970
* Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, in 1970
* Pope Paul VI, in 1970
* Prince Fumihito, in 1970
* Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun, in 1979 and 1981
* Yul Brynner, in 1980
* Audrey Hepburn, British actress, March 31-April 2, 1983
* Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, with daughter Princess Sayako, in 1987
* Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino, in 1990
* Václav Havel, Czechoslovak president, in 1992
* Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in 1992
* Emperor Heisei and Empress Michiko, in 2002 and 2008
* 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual head, in 2003
* Hu Jintao, Chinese president, in 2008

## Gallery

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* Nara Hotel signboard

* Lobby

*   * Mikasa dining room

* Tea lounge with the piano that Einstein played on

*   * Hallway on the first floor

## See also

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* Hotels portal

* Fujiya Hotel
* Nikkō Kanaya Hotel
* Nagoya Hotel
* Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
* Hōshi Ryokan
* Dōgo Onsen

## References

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1. ^ "Our History | Nara Hotel".

## External links

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Media related to Nara Hotel at Wikimedia Commons

* Nara Hotel, from The Official Nara Travel Guide

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