The hotel is located in the prestigious area near the Hirokoji-Fushimi intersection, Nagoya's old commercial centre.

In 1928, the hotel was proposed by Itō Jirozaemon, the president of the Rotary Club of Nagoya, and the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other investors started the hotel construction plan and opened on December 16, 1936.

The Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition took place from March 15 to May 31, 1937, welcoming many domestic and international guests.

[2] The hotel was damaged in the bombing of Nagoya in World War II on March 19, 1945.

[4] In the post-war era it is traditionally the place where members of the Japanese imperial family stay when they visit the city, as well as visiting heads of state such as French president Jacques Chirac in 2000 and the King of the Belgians in 2016.