Nara Hotel (奈良ホテル) is a five star hotel in Nara, Japan. The hotel is located on the hillside overlooking Nara Park. Opened on October 17, 1909, it is one of the most historic hotels in Japan. It is partially owned by the West Japan Railway Company. In 2009 the first centennial anniversay of the hotel was celebrated.
Various crowned and uncrowned heads of state, members of royal families, heads of government, politicians, actors, artists, and other notable persons have stayed at the hotel.
Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei, with Crown Prince Hirohito, in 1916Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese poet, in 1916Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, in May 19–27, 1918Count Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general, in 1911Crown Prince Hirohito, in 1921Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, in July 19, 1921Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1922Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist, in December 17–18, 1922Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, in 1928Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in 1929Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, in 1931Emperor Shōwa, in 1932 and 1940Emperor Puyi, in 1935. He gave medals to all the staff of the hotel.Charlie Chaplin, in 1936Empress Kōjun, in 1937 and 1941, 1954Helen Keller, American social welfare entrepreneur, in 1937José P. Laurel, former Philippine President, in 1945 for two monthsRichard Nixon, U.S. Vice-President, in 1953Joe DiMaggio, 1954, Marilyn Monroe canceld her reservationMarlon Brando, American actor, in 1956Glenn Ford, American actor, in 1956Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian prime minister, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, in 1957Princess Alexandra of Kent, in 1961John Diefenbaker, Canadian prime minister, in 1961Arturo Frondizi, Argentine president, in 1961Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General, in 1962Princess Margrethe, The Hereditary Princess of Denmark, in 1963Prince Takamatsu, in 1964King Baudouin of Belgium, in 1964Premier of France, in 1964Prince of Laos, in 1965Prince of Spain, in 1966Prince Chichibu, in 1967Prince of Nepal, in 1967Crown Prince Naruhito, in 1968Gaston Eyskens, Belgian prime minister, in 1969Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun, in 1970Prince Takamatsu and Princess Takamatsu, in 1970Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, in 1970Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, in 1970Pope Paul VI, in 1970Prince Fumihito, in 1970Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun, in 1979 and 1981Yul Brynner, in 1980Audrey Hepburn, British actress, March 31-April 2, 1983Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, with daughter Princess Sayako, in 1987Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino, in 1990Václav Havel, Czechoslovak president, in 1992Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in 1992Emperor Heisei and Empress Michiko, in 2002 and 200814th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual head, in 2003Hu Jintao, Chinese president, in 2008
