The Yamato Hotels (Japanese: ??????, Chinese: ????) were a chain of hotels in Manchuria owned and operated by the South Manchuria Railway during the period from the 1910s to 1940s. Some of these hotels still exist in Northeast China, used as art nouveau hotels under different names.
Background
During the time of the South Manchuria Railway Company's operations within various cities in Manchuria between 1907 and 1945, the South Manchuria Railway Company was involved in the management of a series of high-grade chain hotels. The South Manchuria Railway Company's department of transportation was responsible for high-class hotels within its jurisdiction, which were intended as a place for men to stay during times of military activity. A number of Yamato hotels were built, including the following:
- Dairen: Opened on August 1, 1914, used now as the Dalian Hotel (Chinese: ????). Bo Xilai's favorite hotel while in Dalian.
- Ryojun (Port Arthur): Opened March 21, 1908 by the Russians, when the city was known as Port Arthur. Today used by the People's Liberation Army, not open to foreigners.
- Hoshigaura: Beach resort in suburban Dalian.
- Mukden: Opened in 1910, current building constructed in 1929, used now as the Liaoning Hotel (Chinese: ????). Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and other polititical dignitaries used to stay at this hotel.
- Mutanchiang: Opened 1939.
- Hsinking: Built in 1910, used now as the old building of the Chunyi Hotel (Chinese: ????).
- Harbin: Originally built by the Russians in 1905, re-built by the Japanese in 1935, used now as the Longmen Dasha VIP Hotel (Chinese: ???????).
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