Hoshinoya Nara Prison Opens June 25 as Luxury Hotel

Hoshino Resorts opens HOSHINOYA Nara Prison on June 25, 2026, transforming Japan's sole surviving Meiji-era "Five Great Prisons" into its ninth luxury property. This 1908 red-brick landmark, designed by Keijiro Yamashita with a radial layout for surveillance, blends preserved historic walls, cellblocks, and administrative buildings with modern elegance like Japanese-French fusion dining in the former hall.