The first Henn-na Hotel in Tokyo will open soon, targeting both business travelers and international visitors

H.I.S. Hotel Holdings will open Henn-na Hotel Nishi Kasai on December 15, 2017. Conceptually different from the first three leisure-oriented Henn-na Hotels, the first Henn-na Hotel in Tokyo is a city-type hotel with innovative functions based on advanced robot technologies for the entertainment of international leisure visitors and comfort of business travelers.

With a goal of 100 Henn-na Hotels in the next five years, H.I.S. Hotel Holdings will open the similar hotels in Ginza in February 2018, Hamamatsu-cho in April 2018, Asakusabashi & Akasaka in July 2018, and Haneda in September 2018.

The 11-floor Henn-na Hotel Nishi Kasai has 100 rooms on themes combining Japanese traditions and technology. Approximately 10 robots, including Henn-na Hotel’s iconic dinosaur robots at the reception desk, will "work" at the hotel. Besides, 400 innovative devices are installed in the rooms; for example, 'handy' complementary smart phones, 'iRemocon' remote network controllers, and 'LG Styler' clothin-care systems.

The guests can use shuttle bus services for Tokyo Station and Tokyo Disneyland. A soba café welcomes both hotel guests and local residents.

Only seven human staff members operate the hotel, much fewer than the usual 20-30. According to H.I.S. Hotel Holdings, this should reduce the labor cost to 10% or less of the total operating cost. The standard room rate is 6,000 JPY a night. An average occupancy rate of 80% is targeted, with 70-80% of business travelers on weekdays and 70-80% of leisure travelers during weekends.

Henn-na Hotel Nishi Kasai can be reached with a four-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nishi Kasai Station or with a 15-minute train ride from Tokyo Station.

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 Two dinosaur robots welcome guests who check in at the hotel using voice recognition and a monitor in four languages (photo below).

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Three types of rooms are available. The largest deluxe twin room is available for 8,000 JPY per person per night (photo below).


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Various innovative devices help guests stay comfortably (photo below).

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49-inch 4K televisions are set up with Google Chromecast, and more than 100 types of VR content are available with a viewing terminal (photo below).


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The smallest standard room with ‘LG Styler’ is available at 6,000 JPY a night a person (photo below).

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‘Ori Ori’ restaurant café, operated by SAYOSHI, serves 20 sorts of dishes for lunch and liquors for dinner (photo below).

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‘Ori Ori’ serves seven different tastes of onigiri (rice ball) for breakfast (photo below).

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The originally-developed automatic payment system is available at the reception desk (photo below).

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