Palace Hotel, Tokyo
| Palace Hotel Tokyo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan |
| Opening | 2012 |
| Owner | Palace Hotel Co. Ltd. |
| Management | Palace Hotel Co. Ltd. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 290 |
| Number of suites | 12 |
| Number of restaurants | 10 |
| Website | |
| http://www.palacehoteltokyo.com | |
Palace Hotel Tokyo (パレスホテル東京) is a hotel in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, Japan consisting of 290 guestrooms, 10 restaurants and bars, and other facilities. The hotel is located across from the Otemon Gate of the Imperial Palace.
Structure
Built at a cost of ¥90 billion, the hotel is 23 stories high, has nearly 300 rooms, several restaurants, and 17 shops in the basement.[1]
History
Palace Hotel Tokyo is owned by Palace Hotel Co., Ltd., a private consortium of shareholders first formed in 1961. The company’s founder and first president was Masatomo Yoshihara. The new hotel succeeds two previous hotels, the Hotel Teito (ホテル テイト) and Palace Hotel (パレスホテル), which occupied the same site from 1947 and 1961 respectively. Each was razed to make way for its successor.[2] Construction of the original building which occupied the same location in the city’s Chiyoda ward in which Palace Hotel Tokyo now stands was completed in December 1937 for use as the Forestry Office of the Imperial Household. After World War II, on the order of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, it was rebuilt for use as a hotel under government ownership and administration for the exclusive use of buying agents from abroad. Hotel Teito’s land and building were sold to the private sector in 1959 and the hotel was rebuilt and re-branded as the Palace Hotel, which opened for business on October 1, 1961. The Palace Hotel was awarded the Architectural Industry Association Prize in 1963 for its success in blending modern architectural style with Japanese aesthetics.[3]
References
- ↑ "Tokyo's shiny new billion-dollar Palace Hotel". cnn.com. CNN. 12 March 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ↑
- ↑ "PALACE HOTEL CO., LTD. / Tokyo Hotels". Palacehotelstokyo.com. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
External links
Coordinates: 35°41′05″N 139°45′41″E / 35.6847404°N 139.7612804°E