Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 1, 2024

Enjoy an Art Stay with Your Dog at Shiroiya Hotel“Dog-Friendly Room” for Your Art Stay
Starts on the 1st of June, 2024
Art Destination, Shiroiya Hotel (Maebashi, Gunma) welcomes guests to enjoy the art stay with
their dogs. The designated room is located on the ground floor by the entrance and the walkablestreets filled with lush green by the rivers are in the vicinity. Maebashi is only 100km away fromTokyo. The hotel is in the middle of downtown Maebashi where various contemporary architectureby acclaimed architects, art exhibitions, and Showa-period nostalgia are mingled.

©Shinya Kigure

Dog-Friendly Room at Shiroiya Hotel■The following amenities and equipment are available at the Dog Friendly Room.
◉Dog Playpen（W145 x D72cm）◉Dog Bed（W65 x D45cm）◉Food Bowl（W34 x D15.8cm *w/ 2 Ceramic Bowls）◉Toilet Tray
◉Dog Pad◉Disposable Foot Wipe Sheet◉Trash Box for Toilet SheetPress Release
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※A maximum of two dogs with each dog weighing
10kg or less.
※Please bring food and drinks for your dog.
※Please keep your dog in a carrier in the hotel
buildings except in your room.
※During your stay, your dog can stay in the dog
playpen in your guest room.
※We can introduce you to a veterinary clinic in
Maebashi City, if necessary.
©Shinya Kigure■Dining with Your Dog
Enjoy dining with your dog in your room, or passage (brick-paved walkway by the entrance).
Please order your meal from the In-Room Dining Menu when you wish to dine with your dog in theguest room. Take-out is also available at Shiroiya Hotelʼs bakery and fruit tart shops.
■Reservation
Please call the hotel or make a reservation through the following link.
◉Telephone Number
027-231-4618◉Reservation Link
【Without Meals】
https://www.shiroiya.com/?tripla_booking_widget_open=search&hotel_plan_code=14872321【Weth Breakfast】
https://www.shiroiya.com/?tripla_booking_widget_open=search&hotel_plan_code=15590039※Please read the relevant terms and conditions when making a reservation.
■Artwork in the Dog-Friendly Room
We have prepared a room on the first floor of Shiroiya
Hotel's Green Tower, perfect for bringing your dog inand out. The room features a playing card motif fromthe world over by Gunma-based artist Takemura Kei,
whose work combines photography, drawings, andembroidery. Her works are shown at exhibitions offamous museums and galleries in Japan and abroad,including the National Museum of Western Art andTaka Ishii Gallery. Takemura has personally painted on
the playing card wallpaper covering the entire wall, and embroidered work is also installed in thebathroom. Enjoy your stay with your dog in a space filled with artwork that evokes the connection
between different cultures and eras.
©Shinya Kigure

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■Recommended Areas to Spend Time with Your Dog
・An outdoor passage where you can sit in the designer chairs and enjoy meals together (a smallpath connecting Route 50 and Babakkawa Dori Street)・Benches installed on Babbakawa Dori Street, which has been renovated with a brick pavementwith no steps between the road and the sidewalk.
・Flat and walkable downtown filled with green and water.
・Arcades with the atmosphere of the Showa era and newly opened cafes and restaurants.
・Mount Akagi area (Roadside stations and lakes are about 30-minute ride.）（left）Shiroiya Hotel Passage （middle）Benches in front of Shiroiya Hotel by the Babbakawa River（Right）Hirose River■VenueShiroiya Hotel
2-2-15 Honmachi, Maebashi, Gunma※Access and Parking Information
https://www.shiroiya.com/acc

⽩井屋ホテル （群⾺県前橋市本町2-2-15）
An art destination ʻShiroiya Hotelʼ opened in December
2020 to revitalize Maebashi City, Gunma. After theclosure of the Shiroiya Ryokan (Inn), which boasted ahistory of over 300 years, architect Sou Fujimoto
renovated and rebuilt the existing 1970s building, andthe hotel has attracted attention for its collaboration
with domestic and international artists and designers.
The hotel has been selected as one of the National
Geographic Travelerʼs “39 Best Hotels in the World in2021.”©Shinya Kigure

The main dining ʻSHIROIYA the RESTAURANTʼ has been featured in the global restaurant
guidebook Gault & Millau for three consecutive years. In March 2023, the hotel published its firstbook, “Shiroiya Hotel Giving Anew.”https://www.shiroiya.com/
For more information and high-resolution images, please contact the following e-mail address.
pr@shiroiya.com (Att: Minako Morita)