Developer abandons plans to build apartments on former Kyoto hotel site
Hankyu Realty has given up on plans to build apartments on the site of the former Kyoto Kokusai Hotel after facing strong opposition from Kyoto City officials who want to see a new hotel built instead.
The development site is located in a prime position across the street from the east entrance to Nijo Castle in the centre of Kyoto.Read more
Kyoto Kokusai Hotel to be sold
Fujita Kanko Inc announced that they will close the Kyoto Kokusai Hotel at the end of 2014 and sell the building and land. The hotel, which opened in 1961, overlooks the Nijo Castle in the centre of Kyoto. Read more