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Hoshino Resorts
Japan-based resort hotel operator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hoshino Resort Co., Ltd. (株式会社 星野リゾート, Kabushiki Kaisha Hoshino Risōto) is a Japan-based international operator of ryokan (Japanese inns) and hotels originally established in Karuizawa, Nagano.[1] Founded by Kuniji Hoshino in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, it opened its first hot spring resort in 1914.[2]
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Company type | Luxury ryokan |
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Industry | Hospitality, tourism |
Founded | 1914 |
Founder | Kuniji Hoshino |
Headquarters | Hoshino, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan |
Number of locations | 53 |
Area served | Asia |
Key people | Yoshiharu Hoshino |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 1,600 (2012) |
Website | global |
Rebranded by Yoshiharu Hoshino in 1995 as Hoshino Resorts, it has expanded across Japan and Asia with a focus on the local charms of each destination and a high level of omotenashi, Japanese-style hospitality. The rebranding supposedly aimed to explore an alternate, modernized Japan, countering the country's gradual Westernization.[3]
Hoshino Resorts has also developed its bridal business through Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court (formerly Hotel New Hoshino) with the nearby Karuizawa Kogen Church.[4] Noriyuki Hamada, former Executive Chef of Bleston Court Yukawatan restaurant in Karuizawa (currently Head Chef of Ryusen, HOSHINOYA Tokyo restaurant[5]) became the first ever Japanese chef to be recognised at the Bocuse d'Or in January 2013,[6] winning third prize, while former HOSHINOYA Kyoto chef Ichiro Kubota (currently owner and chef of KITCHEN 16) earned a Michelin Star in October 2012.[7]
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