Hotel Exemplar Mirei

Hotel Exemplar Mirei is the representation of the state of Mirei in Sokoku's capitol Kyusigai. It is located in the old center of the city, the Kawanan district, on Surat Street. The building combines a business hotel, residential suites, hotel rooms, meeting rooms and a restaurant, creating a co-working space for the representatives of the state of Mirei in the country's capital. Most representatives like the secretary-general, MP's and cultural liaisons reside permanently or part-time in the building. Working offices for Mirei representation, like the Guso liaison, a permanent cultural project by the Kakuri community and the aforementioned MP's are located here as well.

History

The core of the building was erected in the 7560's as a part of the colonial effort by Helreich to build the Häverist urbanate of Schlung. In its original setting it was an urban villa with two stores or workshop spaces on the ground floor with eight apartments on top. When the colonising force was removed and the state of Shuuen declared in 76XX, most of the occupants left the country.

The building was nationalised and used for establishing the national postal and communication services in Shuuen. It was named "Gedung Surat" to mark its new function. Office space in the former apartments quickly became too small, which resulted in post & communication moving out. Then the building got its first use as overnight accommodation for postal clerks trainees from all over Shuuen.

The post office on the ground floor remained functional until Sokoku as a nation state was founded in 76XX. At that point the building was handed over to the Fisks Kakuri Cooperation who wanted to have a permanent representation in the new capital. The worn-out building was renovated completely and got an extension to the sides, making it part of the building block instead of a freestanding building. One of the first new occupants was Chika Mirei who did not live here permanently, but used it as a fixed residency while in the capital. Soon after, it got the nickname "Hotel Mirei".

Another renovation was carried out in 7677, getting the goods lift installed, as well as a new restaurant kitchen with larger seating area. The ground floor offices and meeting rooms were revamped completely. The building was renamed "Hotel Exemplar Mirei" at its reopening.

Lay-out

The building has five floors: a basement, an entry level, two residential floors and a top floor penthouse. The basement holds a car park accessible by goods lift, storage, a music studio and a wellness. The ground floor is largely taken up by the restaurant area to the right side of the entrance with a kitchen behind it, as well as office space and meeting rooms to the left. Behind the restaurant is a small inner garden with two hotel rooms. The two upper floors are identical, with one two-bedroom apartment, three one bedroom en-suites and four single and double rooms each. The rooms can only be entered from the outside. The top floor apartment has two bedrooms and a roof terrace.

While the building originally had wooden panelling, the current outer facade has large windows spanning two floors and a timber framework with an external gallery on each side. The upper floor are half in white plaster and one in horizontal, unpainted wooden panelling, giving the building a rather modern exterior.

Occupants

The building is owned and maintained by the state of Mirei. Given its function it is designated as Federal Protection Object with uniformed and civilian security personal overseeing the building and the street on which it is situated.

Beside hotel and restaurant, some Nubugaru and Kakuri businesses and organisations have their correspondence address here. Office space tends to get used flexible by over a dozen companies and a handful of non-governmental organisations, including the Kakuri and Mirei Guso congregations. The music studio in the basement is only in use for the Kakuri cultural project, which since 7690 is called Tenji Sa Reta (literally meaning "being displayed").

The list of fixed occupants of the hotel at the day of writing (7690) is therefore as good as public knowledge. The Mirei secretary-general Horoto Jun is living here with his wife and grown-up son. The MP's for the Kakuri community, Satou Kotomi and the MP for the Nybyggare community Sven Tömse have an en-suite here as well. The Guso liaison to the capital Murasaki Yu and her sister who is doing the administrative parts share an apartment.

The hotel is also home base for the Kakuri musical and cultural project Tenji Sa Reta, of which four of the five band members have a room at the hotel as well: Matsunoki Aya, Nagare Miki, Taki Ando and Atarashi Kumo. Both managers for the hotel, the sisters Oragawa Namatta and Oragawa Honou live here as well.

This means that despite the name "hotel", in practical terms it is very difficult to be able to book a room here. Absolute priority is given to guests coming from Mirei and having business with a government institution. But even visitors from Mirei unable to book a hotel room might use the restaurant or one of the meeting rooms in order to emphasize their Mirei heritage.

Future plans

It is obvious that despite the extensions and renovations, the facility is becoming too small to function ans Mirei's permanent representation in Kyusigai. There are ongoing talks to acquire adjacent buildings and incorporate them, not only on Surat Street but even within the urban block itself. It would make it possible to create a bit more private accommodation for the permanent residents.

In popular culture

The Hotel Exemplar Mirei is an unusual government institution, its odd constellation and way of working has had some effect on the perception of the state of Mirei and the institute itself in popular culture. The main example is that the Sokokan TV-series Tempat Berlingdung is set at a similar environment. The series is so popular that Hotel Exemplar Mirei sometimes is referred to as "real life Tempat Berlingdung" nowadays. Which hardly can be seen as a compliment.