Hotel New Otani Tokyo

Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Hotel New Otani Tokyo
	Hotel New Otani Tokyo - original 1964 "The Main" wing in foreground, 1974 "Garden Tower" in background.
General information
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Address	4-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-Ku
Coordinates	35°40′52″N 139°44′03″E / 35.681036°N 139.734098°E
Opening	1964
Management	New Otani Hotels
Other information
Number of rooms	1479
Number of restaurants	39
Website
	Official website

The Hotel New Otani Tokyo is a large hotel located in Tokyo, Japan, opened in 1964 and operated by New Otani Hotels. The hotel currently has 1,479 rooms and 39 restaurants. It has hosted numerous heads of state and is home to a 400-year-old garden.

History

Construction of the hotel was requested by the Japanese government in the early 1960s, in order to fill a perceived shortage of hotel space for foreign visitors to the upcoming

Sheraton Hotels as the Otani-Sheraton Hotel.^[3] However, by the time of its completion, the arrangement was no longer in place,^[a]

and the hotel opened as The New Otani on 1 September 1964, to coincide with the Olympics the following month.

The New Otani was the tallest building in Tokyo from 1964 until 1968, when the

Blofeld's SPECTRE organization. The New Otani was greatly expanded in 1974,^[4] when the 40-storey Garden Tower opened. A third building, the 30-storey Garden Court office tower, opened in 1991.^[4]

The original 1964 building, today referred to as "The Main", was extensively renovated and remodelled in 2007, when it was given a modern glass facade.

In a reference to the three Edo era branch houses of the Tokugawa clan, the Imperial Hotel, the Hotel Okura Tokyo, and the Hotel New Otani Tokyo are often referred to as one of the Three Great Hotels (御三家, gosanke) of Tokyo.

Notable guests

The hotel assumed operation of the

Emperor Akihito in 1990,^[4] and the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito

in 2019.

Among its other notable guests are

Harald V of Norway, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vietnamese President Nguyễn Minh Triết, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper^[4] and UK Prime Minister Theresa May

.

Images

During construction, 1963
In 1967, showing original pre-2007 exterior
Banquet-level entrance, backdrop in 'You Only Live Twice", 2019
Historic Japanese garden on hotel grounds, 2005

Notes

^ The New Otani would later be part of an unrelated reservations arrangement with Sheraton from 1971-1992, under which it was marketed as The New Otani, a Sheraton Referral Hotel.

References

^ ^a ^b "Opening Our Doors for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games" (PDF). THE NEW OTANI NEWS. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
^ Home page (English). New Otani. Retrieved on April 3, 2009.
^ "LIFE". 1963-08-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Our History | Hotel New Otani 50th Anniversary Project". newotani.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

External links

Official website

Records
Preceded by National Diet Building	Tallest building in Japan 65 m (215 ft) 1964–1968	Succeeded by Kasumigaseki Building
Preceded by National Diet Building	Tallest building in Tokyo 65 m (215 ft) 1964–1968	Succeeded by Kasumigaseki Building

[4] The New Otani would later be part of an unrelated reservations arrangement with Sheraton from 1971-1992, under which it was marketed as The New Otani, a Sheraton Referral Hotel.

[newotani.co.jp-1] "Opening Our Doors for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games" (PDF). THE NEW OTANI NEWS. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

[Home-2] Home page (English). New Otani. Retrieved on April 3, 2009.

[3] "LIFE". 1963-08-30.

[ReferenceA-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Our History | Hotel New Otani 50th Anniversary Project". newotani.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

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Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States Japan