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Historic hotel in Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya Hotel c. 1900 with its landmark dome
Nagoya Hotel in a later time, without dome
Street entrance, c. 1920s

Nagoya Hotel (名古屋ホテル) was a historic hotel in Tatemitsukura-chō (竪三ツ蔵町), Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan.

History

It was constructed in 1888 out of wood in a Western style. It offered Japanese rooms as well as Western-style rooms. The proprietor in 1901 was T. Takata. The proprietor was by trade a carpenter who designed the dining room in maple and hinoki, as well as reading rooms, smoking rooms and card rooms. On the exterior the hotel had a large dome-shaped roof that could be seen above the rest of the surrounding buildings.

Prince Arthur of Connaught stayed here during his first visit to Japan in end of February, 1906.

The plot today is occupied by modern buildings.

See also

References

  1. ^ "広小路名古屋ホテル : Network2010.org". コンテンツ投稿. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. Chamberlain, Basil Hall; Mason, W. B. (1901). A handbook for travellers in Japan. Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Murray.
  3. Murray, George T. (1906). The land of the Tatami : travels in Japan. Cornell University Library. Shanghai : Printed at the "North-China herald" Office.
  4. Chamberlain, Basil Hall; Mason, W. B. (1901). A handbook for travellers in Japan. Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Murray.
  5. The Japan Weekly Mail, p. 192, at Google Books
  6. "Nagoya Hotel, Nagoya, c. 1900. | Old Tokyo". Retrieved 2021-01-02.

External links

Media related to Nagoya Hotel at Wikimedia Commons


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