Taste Japanese food and sake
Walk through the charming old townscape
Encounter local beliefs and lifestyles
Feel the power of Buddhist statues, architecture, and traditional crafts
Experience the weight of spirituality and formality
Enjoy the gourmet entertainment
The Kawana Hotel opened on December 6, 1936 as a resort hotel consisting of three stories above ground, a partial basement, and a tower, with a total area of mo・・・
Kishichiro Okura, founder of the Kawana Hotel, had a desire for a building with Japanese-style rooms, so a farmhouse from the nearby town of Gotemba was relocat・・・
This building is said to have been built around the end of the Taisho Era (1912-1926) by Sojiro Inaba as a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) called “Daitokan”. ・・・