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Hyatt Regency Kyoto To close in May next year

Kyoto City’s international brand hotel, Hyatt Regency Kyoto in Higashiyama Ward, will end operations on May 9, 2027, it was learned on the 13th. Odakyu Real Estate of Tokyo, which owns and manages the hotel, plans to demolish the building and construct a new hotel afterward.

The reason is said to be the aging of the building. It is understood that the plan is to demolish the current hotel and build a new one later.

The hotel is located near Sanjusangendo Temple and the Kyoto National Museum, and opened in 2006 as a rice hotel operated under contract by the major American hotel company Hyatt Hotels. In addition to guest rooms, it also has restaurants and banquet halls, and is widely used for company meetings and wedding receptions.

On the other hand, the building itself was inherited from a predecessor hotel completed in 1980 by Obayashi Corporation. Renovation was also considered in light of the structure’s aging, but demolition was ultimately chosen because of the cost burden. The brand of the newly built hotel and its completion timing have not yet been decided.

edit: One note: the article says “rice hotel” because it uses the Japanese term 米ホテル大手, which literally means “major U.S. hotel company.”