APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari, Modern hotel and skyscraper in Mihama-ku, Japan
APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari is a modern high-rise building in Chiba featuring 49 floors above ground and 2 basement levels rising 180 meters tall. The structure offers views across Tokyo Bay and surrounding areas with direct connections to nearby facilities.
The tower opened on 1 April 1993 as the guest-room wing of the Makuhari Prince Hotel, built by Kumagai Gumi to a design by Kenzō Tange; the banquet hall had opened in 1989. After the Prince Hotel's operator ran into trouble, APA Group bought the property and reopened it on 1 July 2006 under its current name. A West Wing followed in 2014 and an East Wing in 2016.
The hotel is one of the official hotels of Makuhari Messe, the convention centre next door, and its banquet hall opened in 1988 as the Prince Hall before the tower itself. The Central Tower keeps the room layout of the former Makuhari Prince Hotel, so its rooms are larger than those in the West and East Wings added in 2014 and 2016. All Central Tower rooms face Tokyo Bay.
The location provides direct access to Makuhari Messe convention center and is within walking distance of Chiba Marine Stadium and Mitsui Outlet Park. Visitors should expect the area to become crowded during events at the nearby convention center.
The Central Tower skips floor 13, a number avoided in Japan as unlucky, so its 50 above-ground levels count as 49. The tower was built as the Makuhari Prince Hotel and opened in April 1993; APA Group bought it in 2006 after the Prince chain's operator ran into trouble and reopened it on 1 July 2006.
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