is a company that operates

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 ...

s in

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. Its flagship hotel is the

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo The is a hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. It was created in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese aristocracy to cater to the increasing number of Western visitors to Japan. The hotel site is located just south of the Impe ...

(帝国ホテル東京), and its headquarters are located in the

Chiyoda Ward is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile ...

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, near the Imperial Palace,

Hibiya Park Hibiya Park (日比谷公園 ''Hibiya Kōen'') is a park in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66 m2 (40 acres) between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Ka ...

, and

Ginza Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...

History

On November 28, 1887, Kihachiro Okura and Eiichi Shibusawa submitted an application to form a new company called Yugen Sekinin Tokyo Hoteru (Tokyo Hotel Co.), in order to "build a large hotel in Tokyo and to conduct the business of renting rooms to foreign guests, and for parties and other events..." There were initially 21 investors, with the largest (21.15%) being the

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. Site preparation for the first Imperial Hotel started in July 1888, and construction began in the fall of that year. On 7 July 1890, with the hotel almost complete, the name was changed to Yugen Sekinen Teikoku Hoteru Kaisha (Imperial Hotel Ltd.). On January 25, 1907, the Kabushiki Kaisha Hoteru Metropole (Hotel Metropole Ltd.) merged with the Teikoku Hoteru Kabushiki Kaisha (Imperial Hotel Ltd.) and the combined company name was changed to Kabushiki Kaisha Teikoku Hoteru (still Imperial Hotel Ltd. when translated to English).

The Imperial Hotel group

The Imperial Hotel Ltd. manages the following hotels in Japan: *

(帝国ホテル東京): 1-1, Uchisaiwaicho 1-chome,

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

100-8558 *Imperial Hotel, Osaka (帝国ホテル大阪): 8-50, Temmabashi 1-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi,

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530-0042 *Kamikochi Imperial Hotel (上高地帝国ホテル): Kamikochi, Matsumoto-shi,

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

390-1516 *The Crest Hotel Kashiwa (ザ・クレストホテル柏): 14-1, Suehiro-cho, Kashiwa-shi,

Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

277-0842 *The Grand Arc Hanzomon (グランドアーク半蔵門): 1-1, Hayabusa-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-009 *Zenkoku Choson Kaikan (全国町村会館): 1-11-35 Nagatacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0014

References

External links

{{Portal, Tokyo
Imperial Hotel, Ltd.
Hospitality companies of Japan Companies based in Tokyo Hotels established in 1887 Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Japanese brands ja:帝国ホテル