逗子なぎさホテル, かつて神奈川県逗子市にあったホテル
Zushi Nagisa Hotel was a seaside resort hotel in the coastal city of Zushi, in Kanagawa Prefecture, built right on the water's edge. The building had white walls in a Western style and contained a restaurant, a ballroom, an observation deck, and around 24 guest rooms.
The hotel opened in 1926 and was among the first Western-style resort hotels in the area. During World War II it was taken over by the Japanese Navy, then by American forces, and after Japan regained independence it continued to function as a military residence before returning to civilian use.
The name 'Nagisa' means shore in Japanese, which points directly to the hotel's position at the water's edge. Writers and artists came here to work by the sea, and the place became a gathering point for creative figures from across the country.
From Zushi Station the former hotel site is about a 15-minute walk toward the coast. The surrounding area has beach access, small shops, and cafes that make it easy to spend a few hours exploring the shoreline.
The 1955 novel 'Taiyo no Kisetsu' by Ishihara Shintaro, inspired by this place, sparked a youth movement in Japan known as the 'Taiyozoku', or Sun Tribe. Decades later, in 2022, musician Kuwata Kiyosuke wrote a song called 'Nagisa Hotel' as a tribute to the building and what it meant to people who knew it.
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