Mitsui Fudosan Breaks Ground on First Mitsui Garden Hotel in Gifu Prefecture
Mitsui Fudosan and Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management announced on October 26, 2026, that they have begun construction of (Tentative Name) Gifu Prefecture Takayama City Hotel Project in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. It will be the first Mitsui Garden Hotels property in Gifu Prefecture, with opening scheduled for early 2029.
The site is about a two-minute walk from Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Main Line. The eight-story hotel is planned to have 187 guest rooms. In addition to a restaurant and bar, a bathing facility overlooking the surrounding mountains and the city is planned on the top floor.
According to Takayama City statistics, the number of overnight guests in 2025 reached a record of approximately 2.32 million. In September 2026, the JR Central Group rebranded Hotel Associa Takayama Resort and opened Hilton Takayama Resort, the first Hilton in Gifu Prefecture.
The Mitsui Fudosan Group operates three lodging-focused hotel brands: Mitsui Garden Hotels, The Celestine Hotels and sequence. It reopened Mitsui Garden Hotel Sapporo after renovation in February 2026 and Mitsui Garden Hotel Okayama in August. In February 2027, it plans to open Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Dojimahama Premier as part of its Premier series, and in March it will fully renovate sequence KYOTO GOJO in Kyoto and reopen it as Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Gojo (see related article: Mitsui Fudosan To Fully Renovate and Reopen Kyoto Gojo-Karasuma Hotel as Mitsui Garden Hotel).
Key Facts
- Project Name: (Tentative Name) Gifu Prefecture Takayama City Hotel Project
- Developer: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
- Operator: Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management Co., Ltd.
- Location: 4-69 Hanasatomachi, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, among others
- Nearest Station(s): Approximately two-minute walk from Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Main Line
- Opening: Early 2029 (scheduled)
- Number of Floors: 8F (steel-frame construction)
- Number of Guest Rooms: 187 (planned)
- Gross Floor Area: Approximately 2,628 tsubo (approx. 93,500 sq. ft.)
- Ancillary Facilities: Restaurant and bar / Bathing facility
- Design and Construction: Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.