{{Short description|Hotel in Nara, Japan}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Nara Hotel | logo = | logo_size = | logo_caption = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Nara_Hotel.jpg | image = Nara Hotel 2014 (3b).jpg | caption = | location = 1096 Takabatake-chō,<br />[[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]],<br />{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]] | address = | hotel_chain = [[JR Hotel Group]] / [[Miyako Hotels & Resorts]] | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = {{coord|34|40|48.1|N|135|50|1.8|E|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = October 17, 1909 | closing_date = | developer = [[Cabinet Railway Authority]] | architect = [[Yasushi Kataoka]] / [[Kingo Tatsuno]] | operator = Nara Hotel Co., Ltd. | owner = [[West Japan Railway Company]] | number_of_rooms = 129 | number_of_suites = 3 | number_of_restaurants = 4 | floor_area = | floor_count = 3 | height = | parking = | website = {{URL|http://www.narahotel.co.jp}} | footnotes = | signboard = }} {{Nihongo|'''Nara Hotel'''|奈良ホテル}} is a five star [[hotel]] in [[Nara, Japan|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 {{Interlanguage link multi|Kenkichi Yabashi|2=ja|3=矢橋賢吉|preserve=1}}, the designer of [[National Diet Building]], and [[Yasushi Kataoka|Kataoka Yasushi]] who was also the designer of {{Interlanguage link multi|Osaka City Hall|2=ja|3=大阪市庁舎|preserve=1}}. It is partially owned by the [[West Japan Railway Company]]. In 2009 the first centennial anniversary of the hotel was celebrated.
== Famous guests == 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://narahotel.co.jp/en/history/ | title=Our History | Nara Hotel }}</ref>
* [[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 VIII|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 * [[Jose P. Laurel|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 * [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Princess Margrethe, The Hereditary Princess of Denmark]], in 1963 * [[Prince Takamatsu]], in 1964 * King [[Baudouin of Belgium]], in 1964 * Premier [[Georges Pompidou]] 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 == <gallery> File:Nara Hotel.jpg|Nara Hotel signboard File:Nara Hotel 2014 (4).jpg|Lobby File:Nara Hotel 3.jpg File:Nara Hotel 2014 (13).jpg|''Mikasa'' dining room File:Nara Hotel 2014 (16).jpg|Tea lounge with the piano that Einstein played on File:Nara Hotel 2.jpg File:Nara Hotel 2014 (9).JPG|Hallway on the first floor </gallery>
== See also == {{Portal|Hotels}} * [[Fujiya Hotel]] * [[Nikkō Kanaya Hotel]] * [[Nagoya Hotel]] * [[Imperial Hotel, Tokyo]] * [[Hōshi Ryokan]] * [[Dōgo Onsen]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://visitnara.jp/venues/H00780/ Nara Hotel, from The Official Nara Travel Guide]
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