Kōshien Hotel

The Kōshien Hotel (甲子園ホテル Kōshien Hoteru?) was a Mayan Revival-style hotel in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, constructed by Arata Endo, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. It is now used as a hall forming part of Mukogawa Women's University, and is known as the Kōshien Kaikan (甲子園会館?).

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History

The Kōshien Hotel opened in 1930. From 1944, it was used as an Imperial Navy hospital, and in 1945 it became used as accommodation for the US military.[1]

In 1965, it was donated to Mukogawa Women's University, and was refurbished internally and externally.[1]

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:K%C5%8Dshien_Hotel Kōshien Hotel] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b Mukogawa Women's University history Retrieved 29 October 2010. (Japanese)

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