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19/08/2026

From Silk Mills to Suites: The Workshops Becoming Japan's Most Distinctive Ryokan

Explore how Japan’s silk mills, workshops and kominka are reborn as distinctive ryokan, blending heritage architecture, hot springs and sustainable adaptive reuse.

From Meiji Cells to Luxury Suites: What Hoshinoya Nara Prison Reveals About Japan's Adaptive Reuse Wave

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22/06/2026

From Meiji Cells to Luxury Suites: What Hoshinoya Nara Prison Reveals About Japan's Adaptive Reuse Wave

Discover Hoshinoya Nara Prison, a Meiji era red brick penitentiary north of central Nara transformed by Hoshino Resorts into a 48-suite luxury hotel that blends adaptive reuse, Japanese cultural preservation and ryokan-style hospitality.

Architectural Marvels

From Silk Mills to Suites: The Workshops Becoming Japan's Most Distinctive Ryokan

From Meiji Cells to Luxury Suites: What Hoshinoya Nara Prison Reveals About Japan's Adaptive Reuse Wave

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