DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF HOTELS DURING TAISHO AND EARLY SHOWA PERIOD

摘要

It was during Taisho and early Showa period when hotels, the accommodation facilities which have their origins in Europe, established themselves in Japanese cities as urban facilities. The aim of this study is to define the concept of the hotels of this period through examining how authorities, hotel planners , and the general public perceived the hotels. This examination leads to the conclusion that Japanese hotels of this period were the accommodations that were characterized by the combination of private guest rooms and variety of rooms with specific functions that had been made possible by improvement and expansion of equipment.