The company plans to open the new hotel with about 60 guest rooms in Gion, a historic entertainment district rooted in geisha culture.
The
It will be the company's first new hotel since 1996 and the fourth after those in
In March, local authorities gave the green light to the project after assessing that it will not disturb the historic townscape of the neighborhood, the company said.
==Kyodo
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