NAHA, Nov 19 (News On Japan) –
Okinawa Hotel in Naha obtained a commemorative bronze plaque from the Agency for Cultural Affairs after being designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property by the nationwide authorities.
Founded in 1941 in Naminoue as the one lodge working in Okinawa on the time, Okinawa Hotel later relocated to the Omoromachi district of Naha and went on to serve vacationers, authorities officers, and different guests, changing into an essential a part of the prefecture’s postwar tourism trade.
In March 2024, the Agency for Cultural Affairs registered the lodge as a Tangible Cultural Property, recognizing options comparable to its Brick Wing, which preserves the construction’s unique look, and its stone-tiled partitions and roof tiles that mirror Okinawa’s conventional panorama.
To mark the designation, the company introduced a bronze plaque to the lodge on November seventeenth, with General Manager Koki Miyazato expressing his gratitude.
Miyazato mentioned he intends to hold the duty and delight of managing a registered cultural property whereas persevering with to construct a lodge that continues to be beloved by the group and might carry its legacy into the following century.
Okinawa Hotel is the thirty sixth web site within the prefecture to be designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the primary postwar constructing in Okinawa to obtain the designation.
Source: 沖縄ニュースOTV