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[[File:Palace Hotel Tokyo-3.JPG|thumb|Palace Hotel Tokyo]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Palace Hotel Tokyo''' ({{lang-ja|パレスホテル東京}}) is a luxury hotel located in the [[Marunouchi]] business district of [[Tokyo, Japan]]. The hotel has 290 guestrooms and facilities, including 10 restaurants and bars, a spa, a [[fitness center]], swimming pool and a business center.<ref name=cnn>{{cite web |url=http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/visit/tokyos-shiny-new-billion-dollar-palace-hotel-978698|title=Tokyo's shiny new billion-dollar Palace Hotel|date=12 March 2012 |work=cnn.com|publisher=CNN|accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Location== |
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Palace Hotel Tokyo is located at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, across from the ''Ōte-mon'' Gate of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in the [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda]] ward in central [[Tokyo]].<ref name=cnn /> |
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==History Of palace hotel tokyo== |
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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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Masatomo Yoshihara, president of Tokyo's new Palace Hotel|publisher=[[Press-Telegram]]|date=11 November 1962|page=107}}</ref> |
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The new hotel succeeds two previous hotels, the Hotel Teito ({{lang-ja|ホテル テイト}}) and Palace Hotel ({{lang-ja|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Palace Hotel Tokyo|url=http://en.palacehoteltokyo.com/hotel-overview/history/|publisher=Official website|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Construction of the original building that occupied the same location on which Palace Hotel Tokyo now stands was completed in December 1937 for use as the Forestry Office of the Imperial Household Agency.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lau|first1=Virginia|title=Japan's hotel for royalty|url=http://www.perspectiveglobal.com/interiors/japans-hotel-for-royalty/|publisher=Perspective Global|accessdate=10 June 2015|date=23 July 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palace Hotel Tokyo Debut Turns a New Page in Japanese Hospitality|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=17 April 2012}}</ref> |
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Hotel Teito’s land and building were sold to the private sector in 1959 and the hotel was demolished and rebuilt as the Palace Hotel, which opened for business on October 1, 1961. Palace Hotel was awarded the ''Architectural Industry Association Prize'' in 1963 for its success in blending modern architectural style with [[Japanese aesthetics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Palace Hotel|url=http://www.palacehotelstokyo.com/history.php|publisher=www.palacehotelstokyo.com|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2009, Palace Hotel closed for three years for demolition and rebuilding.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.palacehoteltokyo.com/hotel-overview/history/|title=Palace Hotel Tokyo {{!}} Historic Tokyo Hotels {{!}} History|work=Palace Hotel Tokyo|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US}}</ref> The new building retains the [[Shigaraki ware|shigaraki]] tiles that lined the original hotel’s exterior and the Chiyoda Suite's traditional ink wash painting, and also restored the original bar counter from Royal Bar.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Templado|first1=Louis|title=TOKYO NOW AND THEN: Historic hotel retains vintage wine from 1964 Tokyo Olympics ready to toast the next|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/fun_spots/AJ201504060055|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=6 April 2015}}</ref> |
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==Hotel== |
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===Spa & Fitness=== |
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'''Palace Hotel Tokyo''' ({{lang|ja|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 [[Kokyo|Imperial Palace]]. |
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Palace Hotel was the first hotel in Japan to have an Evian spa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evian spa at the Palace Hotel, Tokyo|url=http://pursuitist.com/evian-spa-at-the-palace-hotel-tokyo/|publisher=Pursuitist|accessdate=11 June 2015|date=2013-01-09}}</ref> The spa is located on the 5th floor, next to a fitness center and an indoor swimming pool with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on to the Imperial Palace Plaza.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fitness Center and Swimming Pool|url=http://en.palacehoteltokyo.com/evian-spa-tokyo/fitness-center/|publisher=Official website|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |
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===Restaurants & Bars=== |
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==Structure== |
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The hotel has 10 restaurants and bars offering both Japanese and international fare. |
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===Additional facilities & amenities=== |
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==History== |
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The hotel also has facilities to host conventions and weddings. The 19th floor offers a club lounge. |
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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 ({{lang|ja|ホテル テイト}}) and Palace Hotel ({{lang|ja|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.<ref>http://www.palacehoteltokyo.com/en/media/images/pdf/PressRelease-PalaceHotelTokyoGrandOpening-April2012.pdf</ref> Construction of the original building which occupied the same location in the city’s [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|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.<ref>http://www.palacehotelstokyo.com/history.php</ref> |
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* ''Travel Top 50'' – 2012-2013 [[Monocle magazine]] UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Travel Top 50|url=http://monocle.com/magazine/issues/59/travel-top-50-2012-2013/|publisher=[[Monocle magazine]]|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |
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*[http://www.palacehoteltokyo.com/ Palace Hotel Tokyo] |
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* ''2013 World’s Greatest Hotels book'' – Travel + Leisure USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 World's Greatest Hotels book|url=http://en.palacehoteltokyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013.05-Travel-+-Leisure-USA-Worlds-Greatest-Hotels.pdf|publisher=en.palacehoteltokyo.com|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |
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* ''Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More'' – [[Travel + Leisure|2013 Travel + Leisure Design Awards]] USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/tl-design-awards-2013/10|publisher=[[Travel + Leisure]]|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |
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* ''Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award '' – [[Forbes|Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award ]] USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Forbes Travel Guide 5-Star Rated hotel|url=http://www.forbestravelguide.com/tokyo-japan/hotels/palace-hotel-tokyo|publisher=[[Forbes Travel Guide]]|accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref> |
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* ''2015 Condé Nast Traveler USA Readers’ Choice Award '' – [[Condé Nast|Condé Nast Traveler]] USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Condé Nast Traveler USA Readers' Choice 2015.|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/japan/tokyo/palace-hotel--tokyo|publisher=[[Condé Nast Traveler]]|accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref> |
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* ''Hot List 2013: Best New Hotels with Great Food '' – [[Condé Nast|Condé Nast Traveler]] USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot List 2013: Best New Hotels with Great Food.|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2013-04-23/best-new-hotels-for-food-restaurants-photos-042313/11|publisher=[[Condé Nast Traveler]]|accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Hotels in Tokyo]] |
[[Category:Hotels in Tokyo]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chiyoda, Tokyo]] |
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[[Category:Fuyo Group]] |
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[[Category:2012 establishments in Japan]] |
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[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 2012]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 13 May 2024
| Palace Hotel Tokyo | |
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| 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(s) | Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 290 |
| Number of suites | 12 |
| Number of restaurants | 10 |
| Website | |
| http://en.palacehoteltokyo.com | |
Palace Hotel Tokyo (Japanese: パレスホテル東京) is a luxury hotel located in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, Japan. The hotel has 290 guestrooms and facilities, including 10 restaurants and bars, a spa, a fitness center, swimming pool and a business center.[1]
Location
[edit]Palace Hotel Tokyo is located at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, across from the Ōte-mon Gate of the Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda ward in central Tokyo.[1]
History Of palace hotel tokyo
[edit]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.[2]
The new hotel succeeds two previous hotels, the Hotel Teito (Japanese: ホテル テイト) and Palace Hotel (Japanese: 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.[3]
Construction of the original building that occupied the same location on which Palace Hotel Tokyo now stands was completed in December 1937 for use as the Forestry Office of the Imperial Household Agency.[4] 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.[5]
Hotel Teito’s land and building were sold to the private sector in 1959 and the hotel was demolished and rebuilt as the Palace Hotel, which opened for business on October 1, 1961. Palace Hotel was awarded the Architectural Industry Association Prize in 1963 for its success in blending modern architectural style with Japanese aesthetics.[6]
In 2009, Palace Hotel closed for three years for demolition and rebuilding.[7] The new building retains the shigaraki tiles that lined the original hotel’s exterior and the Chiyoda Suite's traditional ink wash painting, and also restored the original bar counter from Royal Bar.[8]
Hotel
[edit]Spa & Fitness
[edit]Palace Hotel was the first hotel in Japan to have an Evian spa.[9] The spa is located on the 5th floor, next to a fitness center and an indoor swimming pool with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on to the Imperial Palace Plaza.[10]
Restaurants & Bars
[edit]The hotel has 10 restaurants and bars offering both Japanese and international fare.
Additional facilities & amenities
[edit]The hotel also has facilities to host conventions and weddings. The 19th floor offers a club lounge.
Awards
[edit]- Travel Top 50 – 2012-2013 Monocle magazine UK.[11]
- 2013 World’s Greatest Hotels book – Travel + Leisure USA.[12]
- Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More – 2013 Travel + Leisure Design Awards USA.[13]
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award USA.[14]
- 2015 Condé Nast Traveler USA Readers’ Choice Award – Condé Nast Traveler USA.[15]
- Hot List 2013: Best New Hotels with Great Food – Condé Nast Traveler USA.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tokyo's shiny new billion-dollar Palace Hotel". cnn.com. CNN. 12 March 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Masatomo Yoshihara, president of Tokyo's new Palace Hotel". Press-Telegram. 11 November 1962. p. 107.
- ^ "History of Palace Hotel Tokyo". Official website. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Lau, Virginia (23 July 2012). "Japan's hotel for royalty". Perspective Global. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Palace Hotel Tokyo Debut Turns a New Page in Japanese Hospitality". Daily News and Analysis. 17 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "History of the Palace Hotel". www.palacehotelstokyo.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Palace Hotel Tokyo | Historic Tokyo Hotels | History". Palace Hotel Tokyo. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ Templado, Louis (6 April 2015). "TOKYO NOW AND THEN: Historic hotel retains vintage wine from 1964 Tokyo Olympics ready to toast the next". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Evian spa at the Palace Hotel, Tokyo". Pursuitist. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Fitness Center and Swimming Pool". Official website. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Travel Top 50". Monocle magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "2013 World's Greatest Hotels book" (PDF). en.palacehoteltokyo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "A Forbes Travel Guide 5-Star Rated hotel". Forbes Travel Guide. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Condé Nast Traveler USA Readers' Choice 2015". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Hot List 2013: Best New Hotels with Great Food". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 10 May 2016.