is a hotel located close to Meriken Park in Kobe, Japan. It opened in June 1995, only 6 months after the Great Hanshin earthquake destroyed much of the city. It is in the Kobe waterfront area called Harborland and is often featured in pictures of Kobe, together with the Kobe Port Tower. It was designed by Takenaka Corporation to resemble a luxury liner. In 2003, it was owned by the Goldman Sachs Group. On February 15, 2006, Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corporation acquired the property for ¥11.4 billion ($7.6 million).資産の取得に関するお知らせ ジャパン・ホテル・アンド・リゾート投資法人 平成18年2月15日

Rooms: 331 Floors: 14 Ratings: AAA

See also Port of Kobe

External links

Official Homepage (English version)

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