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hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

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, overlooking

Yamashita Park is a public park in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, famous for its waterfront views of the Port of Yokohama. History Much of Yokohama was destroyed on September 1, 1923, by the Great Kantō earthquake. A Scotsman, Marshall Martin, advisor to Ma ...

. It opened in 1927, four years after the

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devastated much of the city. The hotel was used as accommodation by American troops during the

occupation of Japan Japan was occupied and administered by the victorious Allies of World War II from the 1945 surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of the war until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect in 1952. The occupation, led by the United States wi ...

following

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; one of the hotel suites is set aside and maintained just as it was furnished when General

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stayed there, his first night in Japan during the occupation.Ashenburg, Katherine.
In Yokohama, Turrets and Tea
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''. 26 December 1999. The hotel is believed to be the place where the famous yoshoku dish

naporitan Naporitan or Napolitan ( ja, ナポリタン) is a popular Japanese yōshoku pasta dish. The dish consists of soft-cooked spaghetti, tomato ketchup, onion, button mushrooms, green peppers, sausage, bacon and optionally Tabasco sauce. Naporitan is ...

was invented by a head chef. In 1991, an eighteen-story tower was built as an expansion of the hotel.

Gallery

Image:Yokohama hotel new grand.jpg, Hotel New Grand Image:Yamashita Park and Hotel Newgrand in Yokohama.jpg, Hotel New Grand main wing Image:MacArthur and Wainright 1945 HD-SN-99-02411 cropped.jpg, General Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright at the New Grand Hotel, August 31, 1945.

References

External links

Official website
Hotels in Yokohama Hotel New Grand Hotels established in 1927 Hotel buildings completed in 1927 Hotel buildings completed in 1991 Preferred Hotels & Resorts Art Deco architecture in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub