Toyoko Inn opened its first hotel in 1986 in Kamata, Tokyo, and is now a global hotel chain expanding over six countries around the world, and have celebrated our 35th anniversary in 2021. Around the time when our first hotel branch opened, most business hotels were known to be “old, dirty, gloomy, and smelly” due to their inexpensive rooms. In such environment, the introduction of Toyoko Inn’s new concept of “modern hotels located near the railway stations” providing clean, secure, and yet affordable accommodation at convenient locations, begun to break the status quo that was surrounding the business hotels back then. This innovation has changed the fundamental business model for business hotels in Japan. Toyoko Inn takes pride in being a pioneer in creating the current Japanese business hotel culture. In addition, we have valued our relationship with the local communities. The basic concept of Toyoko Inn hotel is to acquire landowners who will agree to build a hotel so that we can rent the entire building, and then manage and operate it as we gradually get our establishment rooted within the local community with the help of the landowner. Since we do not have restaurants or banquet facilities within our hotels, guests can enjoy the local gourmet from the restaurants around the hotel. This is one of our main way to support the local community. We also emphasize on hiring all our hotel employees locally to support the community. Toyoko Inn’s philosophy is to provide “clean rooms with reliable service at reasonable rates” to customers while establishing a win-win relationship with the local community.

As Toyoko Inn hotels are built we contribute to the local community by increasing the movement of the area, stimulate cultural exchange and local economy, and function as a place of refuge in time of emergency. We will keep on striving to become a company that will carry on for another 100 years. The key to fulfilling this grand goal is the hard work and dedication of each and every employee. My goal is "to make our company the most rewarding workplace in Japan for women". I would like to create a company where employees can work with pride and confidence that they are members of a growing company that is expanding across the world.