The was a Mayan Revival-style hotel in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

, Japan, constructed by Arata Endo

Arata Endo

Arata Endo Arata Endo (Japanese: 遠藤 新) Arata Endo (Japanese: 遠藤 新) (January 1, 1889 - June 29, 1951）was a Japanese architect. He was a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright.One of his most important works was the Kōshien Hotel, the architectural style being heavily influenced by Wright's Imperial Hotel,...

, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...

. It is now used as a hall forming part of Mukogawa Women's University

Mukogawa Women's University

is a private university located near Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The school was founded in 1939.The school has an international branch campus in Spokane, Washington, USA: Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute.-History:...

, and is known as the .

History

The Kōshien Hotel opened in 1930. From 1944, it was used as an Imperial Navy hospital, and in 1945 it became used as accommodation for the US military.

In 1965, it was donated to Mukogawa Women's University, and was refurbished internally and externally.

External links

• Mukogawa Women's University Koshien Kaikan