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My lodging for my 4 nights in Osaka! Another humble 3 star hotel~

Hotel image from: https://inn-shinsaibashi.nishitetsu-hotels.com/en-gb
Because I forgot to take a photo of the hotel from the front whooopppsss

The hotel is conveniently located near 2 subway stations: Yotsubashi Station and Shinsaibashi Station, and is extremely near Shinsaibashi-suji, which links down to Ebisubashi-suji and Dotonbori!

More details about this hotel’s location and access details can be found below in Location.

The Room

I stayed in a Economy Double Room. Check-In is after 3pm and Check-Out is before 10am.

The room comes with a semi-double bed (fits only 1, although the name has a “double in it). There’s a small bedside lamp and a narrow ledge above/behind the bed. Thermostat controls for the air-conditioner and light controls are all found there as well. There’s also 1 power plug available on the same ledge.

Pajamas are provided as well ~ (they’re dark brown – a little hard to notice in the photo above but if you look carefully they’re placed on top of the blanket).

The View

Right in front of the bed is the window, which gives a nice view of the road and shops downstairs, as well as The Bridge Hotel opposite. The window have 2 forms of shades: curtains and sliding shades (made of plastic, these block out the light from outside completely).

Main room area

There’s a long desk/vanity table that stretches along half the length of the room (pretty much the length of the bed… or slightly longer?). At the corner, there’s a television/TV with local channels, a phone (with instructions on how to program for a wake-up call), 2 power plugs, a memo pad and pen.

On the other side, there’s the hairdryer (kept in a basket) and a Handy Phone o_o

So about the Handy Phone, it’s a “Travel Buddy” that can provide information about recommendations for local attractions, make local calls and free international calls to some countries, and provide online Google Maps services! Best of all, this phone is FREE for use!

A few other in-room amenities are provided and can be found in the lower compartments of the table or next to the table, including: a tea-making set with cups and a kettle, a humidifier, air purifier, a bottle of fabric & air freshener (something like Febreeze?) and a mini-bar fridge.

Near the door

A clothes hanging area with a hanging rod can be found alongside the luggage stand, bedroom slippers and a spare pillow.

Bathroom

A standard small Japanese-Western bathroom. There is a standard washlet, small bathtub, handheld shower head and small bathroom vanity.

Bathroom amenities such as the bath towel, hand towel, floor mat, toothbrush set can be found (1 of each only, since the room is meant for 1 person). A bottle of Face & Hand foam (soap) can be found next to the sink. Shampoo, Bath Soap and Hair Conditioner are supplied in the dispensers attached on the wall.

Other / Extra Amenities

You can get extra amenities from the front desk, including the ironing board and iron! Bath sponges, shavers, combs, etc. can also be collected from the table next to the front desk (self-service!)

Safe deposit

As there isn’t a safe deposit box in the rooms, safe deposit services are provided by the Front desk. You’ll be issued a large envelope to keep your valuables in. After placing your items in, just sign on the envelope and the staff will seal it for safekeeping! They’ll also give you a portion of the envelope seal as a form of identification for your valuables.

Coin laundry room

Coin Laundry facilities can be found on Level 8, along with vending machines, a trouser press and the card vending machine.

There are 2 washers and 2 dryers which accepts 100yen coins. Washers can take a load of 5kg and cost 300 yen. Dryers cost 100 yen per 30mins of drying.

There aren’t any instructions on how to use the washers, but they’re about the same as the ones I’ve used before in other hotels and are pretty straightforward.

Like I mentioned in my Hotel M’s EST Shijo Karasuma post, there’s a “rinse” function (the shower button) where the machine can do a rinse of the tub before you use the washer (to ensure extra cleanliness and hygiene after the last person’s use). If you’re skipping this “rinsing” step, it’s highly advisable to place your clothes in the tub before adding in the coins, as the washing machine might lock the lid and start operating once the required amount has been inserted.

Bonus / Extra info:

A general guide to the facilities available in the hotel:

Do note that the main entrance to the hotel is locked from midnight to 6am, but you can unlock it by tapping your hotel room card key on the sensor on the left side of the wall 🙂

Housekeeping services are available between 10am to 1pm everyday. If you were to choose not to have housekeeping done for the day, OR miss the timing for housekeeping, the staff will kindly leave a new set of towels and pajamas outside your door! (linen exchange, they call it~)

Side note: There’s also a Freshness Burger fast food branch downstairs!

Location

So like I’ve mentioned above, the nearest subway stations to the hotel are Yotsubashi Station and Shinsaibashi Station.

The hotel is also very near Shinsaibashi-suji, which links down to Ebisubashi-suji and Dotonbori.

The following map shows a reference of how near the hotel is to Shinsaibashi-suji, Dotonbori and Ebisubashi-suji (highlighted as the purple line that ends at Namba Walk) and even Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka / OCAT (from my previous trip to Osaka) (marked as the purple heart):

To access the hotel via Shinsaibashi Station, you can go by Exit 7 or 8. Exit 8 will bring you directly to Hotel Nikko Osaka, and Exit 7 to Shinsaibashi Opa (a mall). From either exits, head west for about 190m before turning right, and then just about 30m later (or after small 2 buildings?) you’ll reach the hotel! It’s a very short walk – about less than 5 minutes!

From the map, you can also see how to access Shinsaibashi-suji / Dotonbori / Ebisubashi-suji / Namba Walk from the hotel or Exit 7 and 8: basically just cross the main road (it’s a hugeeeee road called Mido-suji with 6 lanes in total) and walk a bit further in to hit Shinsaibashi-suji (where Daimaru is)!

From the hotel, the walk to Shinsaibashi-suji (Exit 5/6/Daimaru) should take just a maximum of 10 minutes (Google Maps says 6 minutes, but I’m taking into account the duration for waiting for the traffic light, and if you’re walking realllyyyyy leisurely).

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