Ace Hotel Is Coming to Japan in 2019

Boutique hotel chain Ace Hotel has just announced that it'll be opening its first Japanese location in Kyoto next year. The project lead has been appointed to famed architect Kengo Kuma, who also designed The Opposite House in Beijing and is responsible for Tokyo's impending Olympic Stadium. Located close to the Kyoto landmark Nijō Castle, the neighborhood surrounding the hotel, according to the company, "sits on the former grounds of the imperial palace and is rumored to once have been the hom...