Seminars and company events
Conferences of up to 900 people in theatre rows, seated banquets for 450 and standing receptions for up to 1,000 guests can be held at Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji, a city hotel facing the north exit of JR Hachioji Station in western Tokyo. Eleven function rooms spread over three floors cover everything from a board meeting for 20 to a national convention.
The banquet team sells meetings, training days, academic and international conferences, incentive programs, trade shows and product launches. Past exhibitions on site include kimono, food and accessory fairs. The team prepares proposals, timetables, menus and flowers, and manages the day on site. Coffee and snacks for breaks are served on request. The group's Shinjuku hotel hosts about 80 conventions a year, and the Hachioji house states it can run events of the same scale.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel sells weddings built to order, a plan for the first meeting of both families and the engagement exchange, and a wedding course themed on Hello Kitty, My Melody and Kuromi. The three mid-size rooms on the 4th floor host wedding banquets, thank-you parties and celebrations for 60 to 300 guests.
Rooms and capacities
Shoo, the ballroom on the 5th floor, measures 760 m² with a ceiling of about 6 m. It seats 450 for dinner, holds 700 standing, 550 in classroom and 900 in theatre rows. It divides into two halves of 380 m², each taking 200 at dinner or 400 in rows. Together with its foyer the floor reaches 1,000 m² for up to 1,000 guests. The Shiun and Hakuun VIP room (40 m²) adjoins it.
On the 4th floor, Utage (380 m², with a sliding wall) seats 220 at dinner or 400 in theatre rows, Nishiki (190 m²) takes 100 seated or 200 in rows, and Ogi (135 m²) takes 60 seated or 120 in rows. Aoi, Natsume and Mizuki, three small rooms on the same floor, suit meetings of 20 to 50 or a waiting room for guests of honor. On the 3rd floor, Cosmos, Cattleya and Iris (70 to 80 m²) host meetings and dinners of 10 to 50 people, each decorated in a different style.
Accommodation
Delegates and incentive groups can stay on site, in several room types. The website does not state the number of bedrooms.
Catering
Banquet menus come from the hotel kitchens, which also run the Japanese restaurant Miyama, a teppanyaki counter, a sushi bar, the Chinese restaurant Nanen, the restaurant Le Clair and a lobby lounge. These rooms work well for a team dinner after a meeting day. The hotel also runs an off-site catering service.
Getting there
The hotel stands in Asahi-cho, directly in front of the north exit of JR Hachioji Station and about 3 minutes on foot from Keio Hachioji Station on the Keio Line. By car, the Hachioji interchange of the Chuo Expressway is about 10 minutes away, and the building has underground and outdoor parking plus a loading entrance for exhibitors. Limousine buses and trains link Hachioji Station with Haneda and Narita airports; from Narita there is no direct bus, and travelers change at Busta Shinjuku.
