Naha’s newest hotel is made from Okinawan culture — literally

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The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Naha is built with literal history in its walls.

The exterior renovation of the main hall of Naha’s iconic Shuri Castle, which burned to the ground in a 2019 fire, was completed in late 2025. Though work on the structure’s interior will continue until autumn, the soul of the UNESCO World Heritage Site also lives on in the Okinawan capital’s newest hotel.

Behind the reception desk on the seventh floor, an unassuming, muted-red wall is covered in material made from powdered kawara (roof tiles) salvaged from the rubble of the fire-ravaged Shuri Castle, once the seat of the rulers of the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) and an enduring symbol of the island.