A former Japanese prison from the Meiji era has reopened as a luxury hotel. A Meiji-era prison in Japan has been turned into a luxury hotel with 48 rooms. A Japanese resort company has turned an iconic former prison into a 48-room luxury hotel. The former Nara Prison, built in 1908 and designated a cultural property in Japan in 2017, reopened in June as Hoshinoya Nara Prison Hotel, a luxury hotel operated by Hoshino Resorts. Read the original article on Business InsiderThe post Japan turned a 118-year-old prison into a luxury hotel where guests sleep in converted cells appeared first on Business Insider.