64：ホテルと共に七拾五年　　　-"75 Years with the Hotel" by Shinichi Kanaya-

金谷眞一著の「ホテルと共に七拾五年」は、黎明期から発展期を記した手記です。
この特集でもたびたび参考、引用しています。
"Seventy-five Years with the Hotel" by Kanaya Shinichi is a memoir that covers the hotel from its early days to its development.
It is often referenced and quoted in this special feature.


眞一が七十五歳になった1954年（昭和29年）に発行されました。

眞一による前書きにはこのようにあります。

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「私の履歴書は甚だ簡単である。学校を出るとすぐ父のやって居るホテル事業を援け、終始一貫してそれを続けて来た。七十五歳の今日迄、傍見もふらず（ママ）に、斯道に精進して来たが、その間に世の中は明治、大正、昭和と日本の変革期、激動期を経て来たのだ。そして、ホテル事業も、その変化と共に育って来た。であるから私の経て来た道は、日本の辿った道を、ホテル事業と共に歩んで来た様なものだ。
そこで私は記憶を呼び起して、ここに拙文を綴り、この事業が明治、大正、昭和の日本の外交と、外貨獲得に非常に関係が深かったことを認識して戴き、斯業の発展に一層の関心をよせられることを願う一助としたい。」

『ホテルと共に七拾五年』金谷眞一・著

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この文にある通り、当ホテルの黎明期から発展期にかけては、まさに日本の激動期でした。
この本には、その中で試行錯誤しサービスを創り上げてきた歴史の証言が詰まっています。
まさに、「宝物」と言える書籍です。

It was published in 1954 (Showa 29), when Shinichi turned 75 years old.

The foreword by Shinichi reads as follows.

My resume is quite simple. Immediately after graduating from school, he started supporting his father's hotel business, and has continued to do so from beginning to end.
To this day, at the age of 75, I have devoted myself to this path without looking away, but in that time Japan has gone through periods of change and upheaval, from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras.　And the hotel business has grown along with these changes. Therefore, the path I have taken is like walking the same path as Japan, together with the hotel business.

So I have evoked my memories and written this article in the hope that it will help people to recognize how closely this business was connected to Japan's diplomacy and acquisition of foreign currency during the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods, and that it will encourage even greater interest in the development of this industry.

"75 Years with the Hotel" by Shinichi Kanaya


As this sentence says, the early days and development of our hotel were truly turbulent times for Japan.
This book is filled with historical testimony of the trial and error that went into creating the service during those times.
This book is truly a treasure.