Japan Guide
Kansai
Accommodation
1 
Dōjima Hotel 2-1-31 Dōjimahama 
06/6341-3000 
www.dojima-hotel.com Designer hotel with starkly elegant décor, an art bookshop, a DJ and an all-day diner. The most exciting new hotel in the city. Price: ¥20000-30000
2 Hearton Hotel Nishi-Umeda 3-3-55 Umeda 06/6342-1111 www.hearton.co.jp Popular business hotel just behind the main post office next to JR Ōsaka Station. Rooms are smart, clean and functional, and come with cable TV. Ōsaka/Umeda stations. Price: ¥7000-10000
3 Imperial Hotel Ōsaka 1-8-50 Temmabashi 06/6881-1111 www.imperialhotel.co.jp This gorgeous hotel, overlooking the Ōkawa River, is just as luxurious as its famous Tokyo parent, from which it borrows many Frank Lloyd Wright touches. Perfumed air, a golf driving range and a select range of elegant restaurants are all part of the experience. Sakuranomiya Station. Price: ¥30000-40000
4 New Ōtani Ōsaka 1-4-1 Shiromi 06/6941-1111 www.osaka.newotani.co.jp One of the city's top hotels. Many of the comfortable rooms overlook the castle and rivers, and there's a wide range of restaurants and other facilities, and excellent service. Ōsaka-jō-kōen Station. Price: ¥20000-30000
5 Ritz Carlton Ōsaka 2-5-25 Umeda 06/6343-7000 www.ritzcarlton.com Luxury hotel with the intimate feel of a European country house, sprinkled liberally with antiques and Japanese objets d'art. Rooms have fantastic views across the city, there's a great range of restaurants and the pool and gym are free to guests. It's worth asking if they're running any special deals. Ōsaka/Umeda stations. Price: ¥20000-30000
6 Capsule Hotel Asahiplaza Shinsaibashi 2-12-22 Nishi-Shinsaibashi 06/6213-1991 www.asahiplaza.co.jp/capcel/english.html Reasonably smart, men-only capsule hotel, with a large bath, sauna and restaurant. Shinsaibashi Station. Price: ¥2700
7 Ebisu-sō Ryokan 1-7-33 Nipponbashi-nishi 06/6643-4861 www.jpinn.com/inn/12-1.html One of the city's few ryokan. The tatami rooms are a little shabby, but the welcome is friendly and the location, close to Namba, is handy for the city's nightlife. Ebisuchō Station. Price: ¥7000-10000
8 Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi 1-5-24 Nishi-Shinsaibashi 06/6251-3711 www.hearton.co.jp/english Another branch of this Kansai business hotel chain, located in the heart of the Amerika-Mura nightlife district, with clean and functional rooms. There's a third branch a few minutes' walk away in case this one is full. Shinsaibashi Station. Price: ¥7000-10000
9 Namba Oriental Hotel 2-8-17 Sennichi-mae 06/6647-8111 www.nambaoriental.co.jp Good-value mid-range hotel in a fine location. Some of the spacious rooms have small balconies overlooking a courtyard with an Italianate fountain. Namba and Nipponbashi stations. Price: ¥15000-20000
10 Nikkō Ōsaka 1-3-3 Nishi-Shinsaibashi 06/6244-1281 www.hno.co.jp/english/index_e.html Top-class hotel close to Ōsaka's best nightlife, with spacious and comfortable rooms, attentive service and a good range of restaurants, including a coffee shop which does a huge buffet breakfast. Shinsaibashi Station. Price: ¥20000-30000
11 Hyatt Regency Ōsaka 1-13-11 Nankō-Kita 06/6612-1234 www.hyattregencyosaka.com Good luxury choice near the Ōsaka World Trade Centre, offering well-appointed rooms with a minimalist design, elegant public areas and restaurants, and indoor and outdoor pools. Nakafutō Station. Price: ¥20000-30000
12 International House Ōsaka 8-2-6 Uehonmachi 06/6773-8181 www.inter-hotel.jp Used mainly by those attending meetings at the International House, this hotel has large and good-value rooms (mostly singles for ¥6500) and a restaurant and café. Midnight curfew. Uehonmachi Station. Price: ¥10000-15000
13 Ōsaka International Youth Hostel 4-1-56 Hagoromo, Takaishi-shi 0722/65-8539 homepage3.nifty.com/osakayh/osakaint.html This modern, clean youth hostel has both tatami dorm rooms and Western-style en-suite twins. It's midway between KIX and the city centre, ten minutes' walk from Hagoromo Station on the Nankai main line. Hagoromo Station. 11pm curfew. hostel Price: ¥3150 Price: hotel ¥7000-10000
14 Ōsaka Shiritsu Nagai Youth Hostel 1-1 Nagai-kōen 06/6699-5631 
6699-5644 Excellent modern hostel next to Nagai sports stadium with six-bed dorms, spacious private doubles and family rooms. Staff are friendly and speak some English and meals are reasonable (there's also a kitchen for self-catering). The main drawback is the 11pm curfew. Tsurugaoka/Nagai stations. hotel ¥2700Price: hotel ¥5000-7000
15 Seagull 1-5-15 Kaigan-dōri 06/6573-0011 www.hotelseagull.co.jp Stylish contemporary hotel, part of the Tempozan Harbour Village development. Rooms are decorated in cool blues and there's a bright lobby restaurant. Ōsaka-kō Station. Price: ¥20000-30000
16 Sunrise Inn 925 Naka-Kaizuka-shi 0724/32-3711 www.sunriseinn.co.jp/indexE.htm Not far from KIX, this Western-style hotel, a Japanese Inn Group member, is good value and has single rooms from ¥6930. The attached restaurant, Kashin, serves excellent traditional cuisine at reasonable prices. Kaizuka Station. Price: ¥10000-15000