Hōshi Ryokan
Hōshi is a ryokan in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 718, it was once thought to be the oldest operating hotel in the world until the realization that another Japanese hotel, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, in Yamanashi, Japan, had claim to this title; it was founded in 705. The ryokan, which is about 1300 years old, has been owned and managed by the Hoshi family for forty-six generations.
