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Visited by historical figures and dignitaries, the Nara Hotel still retains the dignified splendor of the age in which it was founded in a quiet corner of Nara Park over a century ago.
Timeline
| Year | Guests/Events |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Hotel begins operations. Run by Japan Hotels Corporation on land then owned by the Japanese Government Railways. |
| 1914 | Steam heating installed in all rooms |
| 1916 | Kyoshi Takahama (Japan) |
| 1918 | Sergei Prokofiev (Russia) |
| 1921 | Bertrand Russel (Great Britain) |
| 1922 | Edward VIII (Great Britain), Albert Einstein (Germany) |
| 1929 | Duke of Gloucester (Great Britain) |
| 1931 | Charles Lindbergh (USA) |
| 1935 | Puyi (Manchukuo) |
| 1936 | Charlie Chaplin (USA) |
| 1937 | Helen Keller(USA) |
| 1945 | José Laurel(the Philippines) |
| 1945 | Hotel operations consigned to Japan Travel Bureau Foundation |
| 1951 | Richard Nixon (USA) |
| 1956 | Marlon Brando (USA), Nehru (India), Princess Alexandra (Great Britain) |
| 1970 | Queen Beatrix (Holland), Princess Margaret (Great Britain), Pope Paul VI |
| 1983 | Audrey Hepburn (Great Britain) |
| 1983 | Nara Hotel Co., Ltd., established. |
| 1984 | New building opened |
| 1992 | Václav Havel (Czechoslovakia), Duke of Kent (Great Britain) |
| 1997 | St Raphael Chapel completed |
| 2003 | 14th Dalai Lama (Tibet) |
| 2006 | Abbot of Asgiriya Temple (Sri Lanka) |
| 2009 | Centennial celebrations |
Photographs
Under construction
Hotel lobby (late 1910s)
Albert Einstein
Wedding ceremony (late 1910s)
Hotel entrance (late 1920s)
Late 1940s
Hotel staff (late 1940s)
Main dining room
Christmas
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Sat, Sun, and public holidays: 09:00–20:00
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