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Hoshino Resorts will open HOSHINOYA Asuka in 2027 in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
This will be the brand’s second property in the prefecture, following HOSHINOYA Nara Prison scheduled to open in 2026. Located in Asuka Village (Asuka-mura), within a Special Historic Landscape Preservation District, the site will feature a garden at its center evocative of terraced rice paddies. The buildings will have tiled roofs, and a low-rise, detached layout that follows the village streetscape, offering 35 rooms.