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Nikko Kanaya Hotel
The hotel was founded by Zenichiro Kanaya as the ottage Innin 1873 (Meiji 6), shortly after his encounter with Dr. James Curtis Hepburn, creator of one of the first Japanese dictionaries. The Cottage Inn was Japan's first accommodation exclusively for foreign guests. English author Isabella Bird described her stay here in 1878 (Meiji 11) in her famous work 窶弑nbeaten Tracks in Japan. The following year he moved his hotel to the new location, pictured in The hotel had two floors and thirty rooms. Together with the Nikko Hotel, with which it competed fiercely, it was Nikko's top hotel. Together with the Nikko Hotel, with which it competed fiercely, it was the top Western style hotel.
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