Make Your Osaka Trip Even Better! 13 Recommended Places to Stay in Osaka

This is a new brand launched in Osaka by Palace Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan’s leading luxury hotels, located in Marunouchi, Tokyo.
Along with a welcoming atmosphere, it offers a refined and comfortable stay with sophisticated design and service that resonates with guests’ senses.
The thoughtfully designed guest rooms, featuring natural materials and colors, are also praised for being practical and well equipped with the functions guests need.

This hotel is directly connected to JR Osaka Station, often considered the gateway to Osaka.
Convenient not only for sightseeing but also for shopping and business, it welcomes a wide range of guests from Japan and abroad.
The guest rooms have a calm, refined atmosphere that hardly feels like you are staying above a station.
Room types range from singles and triples to spacious family rooms, with especially high-grade guest rooms gathered on the top-floor Granvia Floor.

This hotel occupies the highest floors, 33F to 40F, of Nakanoshima Festival Tower West, directly connected to the Osaka Metro.
With easy access to both Kita, where Osaka Station is located, and Minami, where Namba Station is located, it is conveniently located for both business and leisure.
True to its concept, “Your Address in the Sky - Above the Clouds,” the panoramic view overlooking Osaka from 200 meters above ground is breathtaking.
You can enjoy this spectacular view from anywhere in the hotel, including the guest rooms, restaurants, spa, and meeting rooms.

This luxury hotel stands in the heart of the Minami area, one of Osaka’s best-known downtown districts.
With JR and private railway stations for various lines located nearby, it offers convenient access not only to cities across Keihanshin but also direct access to Kansai International Airport via the Nankai Railway airport express, making it a flexible base for sightseeing.
The 36-story hotel offers 546 guest rooms. Their interiors blend Swiss sensibilities with traditional Japanese elements, creating an original and stylish atmosphere.

This is the premium line of the hotel group GRIDS, which has properties in Tokyo (hostel), Otaru in Hokkaido, and Kumamoto.
With the concept “Connecting journeys. Connecting people. Connecting hearts,” it aims to be a kind of local information hub.
Guest rooms are equipped with Sealy mattresses from the global bedding brand and beds designed to provide a comfortable night’s sleep, making them ideal for quietly enjoying a relaxed and luxurious stay.

This hotel opened in 2020 inside Takashimaya East Building, close to Kuromon Market, known as Osaka’s kitchen, and the Nipponbashi electronics district.
Located in the heart of Osaka Minami, it is approximately a 10-minute walk from Namba Station, offering excellent access.
Takashimaya East Building is a department store building completed in 1928 as the Osaka Matsuzakaya store, designed by Teiji Suzuki, an architect known as “the architect who built Nagoya.”
It is one of Osaka’s leading examples of modern architecture and was designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2021. It also houses the Takashimaya Archives, which introduces the history of Takashimaya.

It offers easy access to the Minami area, one of Osaka’s largest downtown districts, where spots such as the Dotonbori Glico Sign and Hozenji Yokocho can be found.
Standing along Midosuji, lined with high-end brand shops, the hotel is notable for its striking exterior expressed in “red that conveys energy.”
Its services, themed around creating irreplaceable moments during your stay, are attentive down to the smallest details, and the on-site concierge responds appropriately to all kinds of requests.

A landmark in Shinsaibashi, this hotel stands along Midosuji, the symbolic street that runs north to south from Umeda to Namba.
For approximately 40 years since opening here under the Hotel Nikko brand, it has continued to uphold tradition and prestige while promising the finest hospitality.
All 603 guest rooms are located from the 10th to the 30th floors. Options range from functional single rooms designed for personal comfort to deluxe family rooms offering approximately 50 square meters of space, matching a wide variety of needs.

Although it is within walking distance of Dotonbori and the Midosuji area, one of Osaka’s busiest downtown districts, the neighborhood grows quieter after sunset, allowing you to relax in an environment so peaceful it hardly feels like the middle of the city.
The hotel offers a wide range of room types, including rooms created in collaboration with Italian artisans, Japanese apartments with tatami space where you can stretch out and relax, and connecting rooms for up to nine guests that allow you to move between two adjacent rooms.

As an official hotel of Universal Studios Japan, it offers plenty of accommodation benefits unique to official partner hotels.
In addition to being able to purchase Studio Passes inside the hotel, you should also check out the original gifts created in collaboration with the park.
All guest rooms feature separate bath and toilet areas, and their spacious layouts make it easy to relax as if you were at home.

Just a 1-minute walk from the main gate of Universal Studios Japan.
It is the official hotel closest to the park, located directly in front of the main gate.
The entire hotel is unified with the carefully crafted design you would expect from an official hotel, based on the concept of “a trip across America through time.” If you check in by riding the time machine-inspired elevator, designed to make you feel as if you are traveling through time from America’s past to its future, a special stay full of extraordinary moments awaits.
Just a 1-minute walk from the main gate of Universal Studios Japan.
It is the official hotel closest to the park, located directly in front of the main gate.
The entire hotel is unified with the carefully crafted design you would expect from an official hotel, based on the concept of “a trip across America through time.” If you check in by riding the time machine-inspired elevator, designed to make you feel as if you are traveling through time from America’s past to its future, a special stay full of extraordinary moments awaits.

Conveniently located just a short walk from Universal City Station, this large-scale hotel stands 138 meters tall with 32 floors above ground.
All 641 guest rooms feature refined interiors based on a chic and modern concept, allowing guests to fully enjoy a higher level of relaxation.
There is also Sky Spa Spark, a panoramic large public bath on the 31st floor, available for an additional fee.

As soon as you arrive at the hotel with excitement building for the park, you will find the lobby filled with Minion-themed decorations created in collaboration with the park.
It is a thrilling space that already feels like part of the park.
The hotel stands along the riverside, just a short walk from Universal Studios Japan.
Osaka Station is Approx. 12 minutes away by direct train, and Kaiyukan is Approx. 10 minutes away if you take the shuttle boat. Its excellent location also makes it easy to get around to Osaka’s sightseeing spots.