INFINISIS Naha Shurijo by Hewitt Resort (インフィニシス 那覇 首里城 by ヒューイットリゾート) is a 328-room city resort that opened on July 31, 2026. It is a rebrand of the former Novotel Okinawa Naha building, operated by Core Global Management, the company behind the Hewitt Resort brand (operator’s opening press release and official website). The hotel stands on high ground about a 15-minute walk from Shuri Castle and has an infinity pool overlooking the city of Naha.

Based on OTA listed prices (as of November 9, 2026), the average across all plans is about ¥24,000 per room for two guests, one night, tax included, and the average of each day’s cheapest plan is about ¥15,000. Saturdays cost about ¥7,800 more than Monday through Thursday. This article covers what the hotel offers, rates by day of the week, how prices move over the three-day weekend of the Shuri Castle Seiden (Main Hall) restoration completion ceremony (November 22), and how the hotel relates to the similarly named DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle.

What kind of hotel is INFINISIS Naha Shurijo?

The table below summarizes the official website and the opening press release. There are 328 rooms in 10 types, the most common being the Standard Twin (141 rooms). Some rooms sleep four, making it easy for families and groups to stay.

Guests in the executive-category rooms, including the Executive Suite, can use the Premier Lounge. It runs a tea time (10:00–17:00) and a cocktail time (17:00–20:00, ages 13 and up), among other services, and suite and premier-floor guests also have a dedicated check-in counter (official website). Its infinity pool puts it among the hotels whose pools draw praise in guest reviews.

How much does it cost? Listed rates for two guests and the weekday gap

We compiled the OTA listed prices we collect (per room for two guests, one night, tax included) by day of the week for the 42 stay dates from November 9 to December 20, 2026 (retrieved November 9, 2026). The “all-plan average” is the mean of every plan offered that day, from room-only to plans with meals. The “cheapest plan” takes the lowest-priced plan with availability on each day and averages those values. Both are totals per room for two guests, not per person.

Monday through Thursday is the cheapest time to stay; on the all-plan average, Saturday is about ¥7,800 more. The lowest cheapest-plan price in the period was about ¥11,700, on November 9 (Monday) and November 23 (Monday, holiday). The highest all-plan average was about ¥36,600 on December 5 (Saturday); the NAHA Marathon is scheduled for the next day, December 6 (Sunday).

How does the total change by start day and length of stay?

We added up the all-plan averages in Table 2 by the day you check in and the number of nights (total per room for two guests, tax included). These are guides built from day-of-week averages; actual booking totals vary by date.

For two nights, starting Monday to Wednesday is cheapest at about ¥44,600 in total. Two nights from Friday (Friday and Saturday) come to about ¥55,200, a difference of roughly ¥10,000. For three nights, starting on Monday or Tuesday costs about ¥67,000, around ¥10,000 less than combinations that include a Saturday.

Rates over the three-day weekend of the Seiden completion ceremony (November 22)

The ceremony marking the completed restoration of the Shuri Castle Seiden is scheduled for November 22, 2026 (Sunday) at Shurijo Castle Park, and November 21 (Saturday) to 23 (Monday, holiday) is a three-day weekend. Figure 1 shows the all-plan average for the two weeks around it.

The first night of the weekend, November 21 (Saturday), is about ¥32,500, roughly ¥2,800 above the average of the other five Saturdays (about ¥29,700). November 22 (Sunday), the night of the ceremony, is about ¥29,800, around ¥6,700 above the average of the other five Sundays (about ¥23,100) and close to Saturday levels. The last day, November 23 (Monday, holiday), falls to about ¥21,400, about the same as a weekday. If you are going to see the ceremony, avoiding the night of the 22nd and staying on the 23rd, or shifting to the weekdays before or after, will keep costs down. How full the Shuri area as a whole is over the weekend is covered in detail in Shuri Castle Reopening Weekend: Naha OCC by Night.

How it compares with other hotels in Naha

For the same 42 stay dates, we lined it up against five Naha hotels featured in the articles recommended at the end of this piece (all-plan average per room for two guests, one night, tax included). Plan mix differs from hotel to hotel (mostly room-only, or many meal and upper-category room plans), so gaps in the all-plan average are not the same as “price differences for the same room.” Treat them as a rough guide to each hotel’s price band.

INFINISIS Naha Shurijo’s all-day average of about ¥24,100 is the lowest of the six. Its Saturday-to-weekday ratio (1.35x) is nearly the same as RIHGA Royal Gran Okinawa (1.34x) and Okinawa Harbor View Hotel (1.35x), a standard weekend uplift for Naha. About 30% of its plans had availability, more than Hewitt Resort Naha or RIHGA Royal Gran Okinawa (both about 20%). About three months after opening, it is still at a stage where rooms are relatively easy to book.

What guests rate highly

We compiled 60 Google reviews, with an average overall rating of 4.02 (out of 5, as of November 9, 2026). By category, breakfast scores highest (4.58, N=12), followed by staff (4.36, N=14) and cleanliness (4.36, N=14). The lowest is location (3.62, N=47), followed by service (3.90, N=48). Its hilltop position, which makes walking to the train station or Kokusai-dori Street harder, appears to show up in the location score. Only about three months after opening, the number of reviews is still growing. Breakfast is a buffet at AVANCER, served 7:00–10:00 (last order 9:30) (official website).

Location and access: a hilltop hotel within walking distance of Shuri Castle

The official access guide lists the following.

• About a 15-minute walk to Shuri Castle
• About 25 minutes by car from Naha Airport
• About 8 minutes by car from the Naha Interchange
• About 1.6km to Kokusai-dori Street by taxi, around ¥650 (one base fare)

Sitting on a hill in Shuri, the location’s strength is its view over the city. A taxi or rental car makes trips to the airport and to Kokusai-dori easier. The official access guide does not give travel times from Yui Rail stations, so if you are coming by train, enter the address (40 Matsukawa, Naha) into a map app and check the route in advance. If you want to compare hotels within walking distance of a station while centering your trip on Shuri Castle, 6 hotels within walking or Yui Rail distance of Shuri Castle (HotelPicks, in Japanese) is a useful reference.

A different hotel from DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle

Because both names include “Naha Shuri Castle,” the two are easy to confuse, but the nearby DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle is a separate hotel. It has been announced that operation of DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle will move to the Hewitt Resort side from January 2027, and that it will be renamed THE GRAND CASTLE NAHA SHURIJO by Hewitt Resort. In other words, from 2027 two separate hotels will be run by the same operator. When booking, check for “INFINISIS” in the hotel name and the address (40 Matsukawa, Naha) to avoid a mix-up. The background to the operator change is explained in detail in DoubleTree Naha Shuri Castle Turns Hewitt in 2027.

Who is this hotel for?

• Travelers centering their trip on Shuri Castle: about a 15-minute walk away, making it easy to visit the completed Seiden in the quieter morning or evening hours.
• Families and groups: rooms such as the Deluxe Twin sleep four, and an indoor water park is planned for 2027.
• Guests who want to relax at the hotel: the infinity pool and Premier Lounge make it enjoyable without leaving the property.
• Budget-minded travelers: for Monday-to-Thursday stays, the average cheapest plan is about ¥13,400 per room for two guests (Table 2).

Further reading

Frequently asked questions

Q. How much is breakfast at INFINISIS Naha Shurijo?

A. Breakfast at the all-day dining restaurant AVANCER is served 7:00–10:00 (last order 9:30). It costs ¥2,800 for adults (13 and over), ¥1,200 for children (6–12) and ¥600 for infants (4–5), including tax and service charge (official website).

Q. Can you walk to Shuri Castle?

A. Yes. The official access guide puts Shuri Castle about a 15-minute walk away. Naha Airport is about 25 minutes by car.

Q. Are there rooms for four people?

A. Yes. The Deluxe Twin (34㎡), Executive Deluxe Twin (34㎡), Terrace Room (34㎡), Terrace Suite (48㎡) and Executive Suite (50㎡) sleep up to four (official website).

Q. How many room types and rooms are there?

A. 328 rooms in 10 types: Standard Twin 141, Deluxe Twin 73, Executive Twin 58, Executive Deluxe Twin 32, Standard Double 14, Terrace Suite 4, Terrace Room 3, and one each of the Executive Suite, Executive Double and Universal Room (operator’s opening press release).

Q. Which day of the week is cheapest?

A. Monday to Thursday. For stay dates November 9 to December 20, 2026, the all-plan average per room for two guests was ¥22,318, versus ¥30,155 on Saturdays (Table 2, retrieved November 9, 2026).

Q. Is the ceremony weekend (November 21–23) expensive?

A. The first night, November 21 (Saturday), is the highest at ¥32,513, the 22nd (Sunday) is ¥29,793, and the last day, the 23rd (Monday, holiday), drops to ¥21,444 (all-plan average, per room for two guests, tax included, retrieved November 9, 2026).

Q. Is it the same hotel as DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle?

A. No, it is a different hotel. DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle has been announced to operate as THE GRAND CASTLE NAHA SHURIJO by Hewitt Resort from January 1, 2027; from then on, they will be separate hotels under the same operator.

Q. Who can use the Premier Lounge?

A. Guests on the executive and terrace floors and in suites. Tea time 10:00–17:00, cocktail time 17:00–20:00 (ages 13 and up), evening tea time 20:00–22:00 (official website).

Methodology and sources

■ Data sources

Listed prices are from the OTA public data we collect (per room for two guests, one night, tax included), covering 42 stay dates from November 9 to December 20, 2026. Tables 1–3 and Figure 1 were retrieved on November 9, 2026, and Table 4 on November 10, 2026. Review ratings are from Google reviews we compiled (60 reviews, as of November 9, 2026). Hotel facts, room mix, access, breakfast prices and lounge hours are from the official website and the operator’s opening press release (July 31, 2026).

■ Calculation assumptions

The “all-plan average” is the mean of every plan offered on a given day, and the “cheapest plan” is the average of the lowest price among plans with availability, taken day by day. Table 3 is a guide built by adding up the day-of-week all-plan averages in Table 2 according to check-in day and number of nights (the same value is used for Monday to Thursday). In Table 4, the “share of plans with availability” is the proportion of all listed plans across the 42 days, combined, that had rooms available.

■ Limitations

Listed prices may change after the retrieval date and differ from actual booking amounts using coupons or member discounts. On sold-out days, the last listed price is used (this applies to November 28, Saturday). Because the all-plan average depends on each hotel’s plan mix, differences between hotels are not price differences for the same room. Reviews cover only about three months since opening, so the count is small and may change.

■ References

INFINISIS Naha Shurijo by Hewitt Resort official website (checked November 10, 2026, in Japanese)
Core Global Management: opening press release for INFINISIS Naha Shurijo by Hewitt Resort (July 31, 2026, PR TIMES, in Japanese)
Shuri Castle Seiden completion ceremony set for November 22 (Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, Kyodo News, June 2026, in Japanese)
Announcement of the start of operations of THE GRAND CASTLE NAHA SHURIJO by Hewitt Resort (operator announcement via PR TIMES, carried by Ryukyu Shimpo, in Japanese)

Source: HotelBank Editorial Team research