Nara Hotel
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Nara Hotel | |
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Hotel chain | JR Hotel Group / Miyako Hotels & Resorts |
General information | |
Location | 1096 Takabatake-chō, Nara, Nara, ![]() |
Coordinates | 34°40′48.1″N 135°50′1.8″E / 34.680028°N 135.833833°E |
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 | |
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Famous guests
[edit]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
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Lobby
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Mikasa dining room
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Tea lounge with the piano that Einstein played on
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Hallway on the first floor
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit] Media related to Nara Hotel at Wikimedia Commons