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The was a Mayan Revival-style hotel in
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo file:西宮市役所.jpg, 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall file:Nishinomiya city center area Aerial photograph.1985.jpg, 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 1985 file:Hirota-jinja Nishinomiya04s.jpg, 270px, Hirota Shrine is a Cities of Japan ...
, Japan, constructed by Arata Endo, a disciple of
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...
. It is now used as a hall forming part of
Mukogawa Women's University is a private university located near Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, founded in 1939. It has an international branch campus in Spokane, Washington, United States: Mukogawa U.S. Campus. History * Feb 25, 1939 Educational Corporat ...
, and is known as the .


History

The architectural style is heavily influenced by 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 Im ...
. Even though the original Imperial Hotel by Wright does not exist anymore, the Kōshien Hotel gives an idea how the building must have felt like. The Kōshien Hotel opened in 1930. From 1944, it was used as an Imperial Navy hospital, and in 1945 it became used as accommodation for the US military. In 1965, it was donated to Mukogawa Women's University, and was refurbished internally and externally. It is now part of the department of architecture campus.


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Mukogawa Women's University Koshien Kaikan
Hotels in Hyōgo Prefecture Mayan Revival architecture Art Deco architecture in Japan Hotel buildings completed in 1930 Hotels established in 1930 Defunct hotels {{japan-struct-stub