The objective of this paper is to review the development of building services in Japanese hotels from Meiji era to the end of WWII. The beginning of Meiji, individual heating facilities were installed in hotels. Central heating systems were introduced during Taisho era. Steam heating was utilized in the most of hotels. Air conditioning systems was firstly installed in Kyoto Hotel in 1928 and all of rooms in Shin-Osaka Hotel in 1935 were air-conditioned. There were few hotels which had guest rooms with bath up to Showa. Water toilets were introduced to guest rooms in the same period. A history of the office building services in hotels were also described. Historical development was compared.
