Hotel New Grand

The Hotel New Grand (ホテルニューグランド) (JASDAQ: 9720) is a historic hotel in Yokohama, Japan, overlooking Yamashita Park. It opened in 1927, four years after the Great Kantō earthquake devastated much of the city.

Hotel New Grand
Hotel New Grand, showing original 1927 wing and 1991 tower behind
General information
LocationYokohama, Japan
Opening1927
Other information
Number of rooms249
Website
Official website

The hotel was used as accommodation by American troops during the occupation of Japan following World War II; one of the hotel suites is set aside and maintained just as it was furnished when General Douglas MacArthur stayed there, his first night in Japan during the occupation.[1] The hotel is believed to be the place where the famous yoshoku dish naporitan was invented by a head chef.

In 1991, an eighteen-story tower was built as an expansion of the hotel.

  • Hotel New Grand
  • Hotel New Grand
    Hotel New Grand
  • Hotel New Grand main wing
    Hotel New Grand main wing
  • General Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright at the New Grand Hotel, August 31, 1945.
    General Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright at the New Grand Hotel, August 31, 1945.

References
  1. Ashenburg, Katherine. "In Yokohama, Turrets and Tea." New York Times. 26 December 1999.

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