With a found­ing date of 705 AD, this Japan­ese inn was offi­cial­ly recog­nised as the world’s old­est hotel by Guin­ness World Records in 2011. It was found­ed by Fuji­wara Mahi­to in the Keiun era (which the hotel’s name is tak­en from) and is still run by the same fam­i­ly, 52 gen­er­a­tions lat­er.