HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan, a container hotel in Konan City, Shiga Prefecture The hotel will open on April 29, 2024 (Monday)! Rescue Hotel" disaster agreement signed with the city on Tuesday, April 2.

Develop Inc. (Headquarters: Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture; President: Takeshi Okamura; hereinafter "Develop") will open the container hotel "HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan" in Konan City, Shiga Prefecture, on Monday, April 29, 2024. With the opening of this hotel, the "HOTEL R9 The Yard" series will have 82 hotels, and the "R9 HOTELS GROUP" will have 90 hotels. Prior to the opening, the company will sign a disaster agreement with Konan City on April 2, 2024, and will hold a pre-opening facility tour at HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan.

HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan Exterior

HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan Facility Information

Facility Name ： HOTEL R9 The Yard Honan

　　　　　　　　 (Name ： HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan)

Facility location ： 2359 Natsumi, Konan City, Shiga Prefecture

Opening Date ： April 29, 2024 (Monday)

Reservation start date : April 22, 2024 (Monday) 15:00

Access : [By car] 13 min. drive from "Ritto Konan IC" of Meishin Expressway,

　　　　　　　　　　　　 From Meishin Expressway "Ryuoh IC": 18 min. by car, 30 min. by car from "Koga-Tsuchiyama IC".

　　　　　　　　 Train] 5 minutes by cab from Kosai Station on the JR Kusatsu Line.

Parking: 39 spaces for regular cars and light cars (free of charge)

Site area : 3,012m2 (911 tsubo)

Number of guest rooms: 38 rooms

Guest room configuration: 34 double rooms / 4 twin rooms

　　　　　　　　 <Double room

　　　　　　　　 Capacity : 2 persons, 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/konan/

Guest room (double room)

Guest room (Unit bath)

Conclusion of Disaster Agreement Ceremony

Date ： April 2, 2024 (Tuesday) 9:30 - 9:45

Place: Konan City Hall, East Building, 3rd Floor, Large Conference Room (1-1 Chuo, Konan City)

Attendees: Kunio Ikuta, Mayor of Konan City, Takeshi Okamura, Representative Director of Develop Co.

Pre-opening tour of the facility

Date ： April 2, 2024 (Tuesday), 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Location ：HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan (2359 Natsumi, Konan City)

　　　　　　　　*4 minutes drive from City Hall

Facility tours are available for: Members of the press

Application Method ：Pre-application required (see "Application Form for Facility Tour")

Background of the opening of the hotel and the disaster agreement with Konan City, Shiga Prefecture

HOTEL R9 The Yard Konan, the fourth hotel to open in Shiga Prefecture, is located approximately 15 minutes by car from the Ritto-Konan Interchange on the Meishin Expressway, near the Kusatsu-Iga Route 4 prefectural road near Yasu River Water Park.

Konan City has developed as an industrial town, and the "Konan Industrial Park," one of the largest inland industrial parks in the prefecture, is located in the city. The hotel is located approximately 10 minutes by car from the Konan Industrial Park and is ideal for business trips and business use as there are many restaurants and commercial facilities in the surrounding area. It also has excellent access to golf courses and tourist attractions such as "Mitsui Outlet Park Shiga Ryuoh," allowing guests to enjoy leisure and shopping on their days off.

Develop has been promoting the signing of disaster agreements with local governments with the aim of contributing to the creation of a disaster-resistant community and strengthening cooperation with local governments. The agreement with Konan City will enable HOTEL R9 The Yard to offer its guest rooms to Konan City as a "rescue hotel" in the event of a disaster or other emergency, taking advantage of the hotel's characteristics as a hotel with disaster-prevention functions. In the event of a disaster, the hotel will cooperate with the city and aim to be a hotel that is close to the safety and security of its citizens.

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

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 2,907 rooms in 82 outlets nationwide (including outlets in preparation for opening). In the event of an emergency, the guest rooms can be promptly relocated to the disaster area and used as evacuation facilities, etc., to create a disaster-resistant society and protect 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 6th 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.