HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa, a container hotel in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, will open on Tuesday, April 23, 2024! Rescue Hotel" Disaster Agreement Signed with Sakuragawa City

Develop Inc. (Headquarters: Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture; President: Takeshi Okamura; hereinafter "Develop") will open the container hotel "HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa" in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. With the opening of this hotel, the "HOTEL R9 The Yard" series will have 81 outlets, and the "R9 HOTELS GROUP" will have 89 outlets. In addition, on April 11, 2024 (Thursday), the hotel will sign a disaster agreement with Sakuragawa City regarding the dispatch of rescue hotels, and will hold an agreement signing ceremony and facility tour at "HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa".

HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa Exterior

HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa Facility Information

Facility Name ： HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa

　　　　　　　　 (Name ： HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa)

Location ： 2-95-1 Fujimidai, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki

Opening date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Reservation start date ： April 16, 2024 (Tue.) 15:00

Access ：【Car】6 min. drive from "Sakuragawa Chikusei IC" of Kita-Kanto Expressway,

　　　　　　　　　　　　From "Kasama Nishi IC" on Kita-Kanto Expressway: 12 min. by car.

　　　　　　　　By train : 5 minutes by cab or 15 minutes on foot from "Iwase Station" of JR Mito Line.

Parking: 48 spaces for regular cars and light cars (free of charge)

Site area : 3,371m2 (1,019 tsubo) *including parking lot

Number of guest rooms : 47

Guest room composition: 41 double rooms / 6 twin rooms

　　　　　　　　 <Double rooms

　　　　　　　　 Capacity : 2 persons Size : 13m2

　　　　　　　　 From 6,200 yen/night for 1 person to 8,700 yen/night for 2 persons

　　　　　　　　 <Twin Room

　　　　　　　　 Capacity: 2 persons, 13m2

　　　　　　　　 From 6,200 yen/night for 1 person to 9,700 yen/night for 2 persons

Website ： https://hotel-r9.jp/hotels/sakuragawa/

Guest room (double room)

Guest room (unit bath)

Disaster Agreement Conclusion Ceremony and Facility Tour

Date ： April 11, 2024 (Thursday)

Time ：【Conclusion Ceremony of Disaster Prevention Agreement】11:00〜11:15

　　　　　　　　Facility tour】11:15〜11:45

Venue ：HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa (2-95-1 Fujimidai)※ Rain or Shine

Attendees: Hideki Otsuka, Mayor of Sakuragawa City, Takeshi Okamura, President of Develop Co.

Facility tours are open to: Members of the press

Application method: Advance application required (see "Application Form for Facility Tour")

Background of the opening of the hotel and the disaster agreement with Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture

HOTEL R9 The Yard Sakuragawa, the 10th hotel to open in Ibaraki Prefecture, is located near the Sakuragawa-Chikusei Interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway, along Route 50 and the Iwase Bypass. Sakuragawa City is known for its cherry blossoms, and various events and festivals are held each season, attracting many tourists. And with easy access to the rest of the prefecture and beyond from our hotel, we can serve as a base for business and sightseeing. Taking advantage of the convenience of this location, we aim to provide a comfortable stay.

This hotel series will serve as a "rescue hotel" in the event of an emergency, acting as a shelter and other such functions. The hotel series is designed to serve as a "rescue hotel" in the event of an emergency, and can also be used as an evacuation center in Sakuragawa City in the event of a disaster. With the signing of the agreement, DEVELOP will contribute to the revitalization of the local community of Sakuragawa City through cooperation between the hotel and related organizations.

The hotel will serve as an evacuation shelter in the event of a disaster, and will be used as a phase-free hotel for disaster prevention.

The "HOTEL R9 The Yard" series, operated by Develop, is a container hotel with an innovative appearance and high-quality space. The 13m2 rooms are equipped with high quality beds, spacious bathrooms, refrigerator-freezers, microwave ovens, and humidifying air purifiers, providing a high level of comfort despite their simplicity. The hotel has been well received by many customers and now has 2,869 rooms in 81 outlets nationwide (including outlets in preparation for opening). In the event of an emergency, the guest rooms are promptly relocated to the disaster area to serve as evacuation facilities, etc., and play the role of a "rescue hotel," thereby creating a disaster-resistant society and protecting future lives and livelihoods. The words "moving hotel" and "rescue hotel" and their related marks* are registered as trademarks as shown below.

Hotel Earl Nine The Yard Series brand page: https://hotel-r9.jp/brands/theyard/

Rescue Hotel website: https://www.dvlp.jp/lp/rescue_hotel

The Rescue Hotel was realized based on the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The birth of Rescue Hotel

After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, we entered the area soon after the disaster to construct containerized stockpile warehouses and accommodations for reconstruction workers. Witnessing the situation of people in the disaster-stricken areas who were forced to live under great strain in many evacuation centers, the Rescue Hotel was born out of the desire to provide a safe and secure private space quickly and conveniently after the disaster struck.

As the first example of a moving hotel, a container used as accommodation for reconstruction workers in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, was relocated to Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, and reopened as HOTEL R9 SANOFUJIOKA in October 2017. The first "HOTEL R9 The Yard" series opened in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture in December 2018, and the series has since been expanded to other locations throughout Japan. We aim to create a system in which rescue hotels can be dispatched promptly to any location in Japan.

Rescue Hotels in action

Rescue Hotel Dispatch Results

In April 2020, the first Rescue Hotel was dispatched as a contingency measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on board a Nagasaki cruise ship. Subsequently, the hotel was dispatched to Mitaka City, Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and private hospitals in Tokyo to strengthen the PCR testing system. The air-conditioned guest rooms were used to reduce the burden on medical personnel by allowing them to conduct medical treatment activities regardless of season, weather, etc.

In December 2021, 126 rooms were dispatched to Tochigi Prefecture as a temporary medical facility to respond to the spread of the sixth wave of the new coronavirus and Omicron strain. In addition, a total of 21 rooms were used as ancillary facilities for temporary medical facilities in Chiba and Tokyo prefectures from February. The Rescue Hotel can be used not only as a lodging facility but also as an examination room, nurses' station, etc., thanks to its independent guest room structure of one unit per guest room, and is increasingly contributing to local healthcare as a contingency infrastructure for municipalities and private hospitals.

■Rescue Hotel has acquired "Phase Free Certification" as a product that is useful in both "everyday" and "emergency" situations.

Contributing to the creation of resilient communities by expanding disaster preparedness nationwide - SDGs Initiatives

Rescue Hotel has acquired "SDGs Business Certification. We will expand the circle of agreements with local governments for disaster preparedness, contribute to their business continuity plans (BCP), and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Operating company】 Company name: Develop Inc.

Company name: Develop Co.

Representative: Takeshi Okamura, Representative Director

Location ： 1-4-10 Ichikawa Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture

Establishment ： February 2007

Business : Construction and real estate business, energy business, hotel business,

　　　　　　　 Facility management business, Asset management agency business

Website: https://develop-group.jp

Rescue Hotel The Yard (Trademark No. 6240114)," "Rescue Hotel for Disaster Relief (Trademark No. 6394774)," "Rescue Hotel for Medical Staff (Trademark No. 6394775)," other trademarks using the term "rescue hotel," and "Moving Hotel The Yard" (Trademark No. 6240108) (Trademark No. 6240108) and other trademarks using the term "moving hotel" are registered trademarks of Develop.