A 1908 Japanese Prison Finds New Life as a Luxury Hotel

Design Milk | 17.10.2026 03:42
Constructed in 1908 by government architect Keijiro Yamashita, the landmark Nara Prison is the only complex among Japan’s monumental “Five Great Prisons of Meiji” to survive almost entirely intact. More than a century later, Hoshino Resorts has transformed the former prison into Hoshinoya Nara Prison, , a 48-suite luxury hotel that preserves the building’s distinctive architecture while introducing an entirely new purpose.
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