HOSHINOYA Nara Prison
Nara, Japan
Built 2026
HOSHINOYA Nara Prison in Nara was built in 2026; no completed renovation is yet on record. Its HotelChrono freshness score is 9.9/10.
Data check
- · Sources disagree on the opening year — under review
Renovation forecast · estimate
Next renovation expected around 2034
In about 8 years (≈8-year cycle). A model estimate, not a sourced fact.
Location
Satellite view · Nara, Japan
Timeline
1908
Former Nara Prison (underlying historic building) completed
2026
Hotel opened on June 25, 2026 after ~7 years of renovation
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Facts
Built
Sourced2026
Sources
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“Hoshino Resorts has opened the property as a heritage hotel after approximately seven years of restoration and renovation, turning a nationally designated Important Cultural Property into a place for overnight stays.”
“The former prison, completed in 1908, carries the scale and discipline of a Meiji-era institution, with a central guardhouse and long wings extending outward in a plan designed for surveillance.”
“Hoshino Resorts opened HOSHINOYA Nara Prison on 25 June 2026, a 48-room luxury hotel inside the former Nara Prison, the only surviving intact structure among the Five Great Prisons of the Meiji era (1868-1912).”
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HOSHINOYA Nara Prison (Nara, Japan) was built in 2026.
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