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Updated:February 2, 2020

Recommended BEST 12 Hotels in Osaka Japan

by Fish&Tips

We have selected a couple of luxury hotels in Osaka! Many new hotels are opening for the "Osaka Expo" in 2025.
Fish & Tips writes about the experiences staying at each of the hotels. We hope these reports will help you choose a hotel in Osaka that you won't regret staying at!

The Ritz-Carlton Osaka

“The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka” is a luxury hotel conveniently located a 5-minute walk from Hanshin Umeda Station and a 7-minute walk from JR Osaka Station. The hotel offers an indoor pool, jacuzzi, spa and fitness with steam baths and saunas, treatments, training machines, wedding and banquet halls, restaurants and lounge bars that are also listed in the Michelin guide. There are various types of rooms, spacious rooms with bathrooms with double marble sinks and coffee machines, so you can enjoy a luxurious stay at the hotel.

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The hotel is a 37-story building with guest rooms that start from the 6th floor. The hotel is white and looks like a castle.

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There were many antique-style interiors and artworks, and it was like a classic Western-style building with a calm and luxurious atmosphere.

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The room is a 51 square meter big room, with light coming in from two big windows and the view was very nice.

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The St. Regis Osaka

“The St. Regis Osaka” is a luxury hotel located in the center of the Midosuji area of Osaka, featuring butler service and excellent interior decoration with traditional Japanese beauty. The hotel has a 24-hour exercise room with state-of-the-art equipment, a spa, a meeting room, a wedding and banquet hall, and two fine restaurants. The guest house is designed with the concept of relaxing like a mansion, with a large marble bathroom, a shower with four body jets, a spacious bathtub, and a built-in LCD TV, so you can enjoy a relaxing bath time. A capsule coffee machine and high-quality toiletries are provided so that you can enjoy quality time.

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The hotel is located on the upper floor of Honmachi Garden City along Midosuji Street.

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The room is spacious and soft with a beige and green tone in the caramel interior. The daylight came in through the large windows and it was very warm during the day.

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There is a Japanese garden on the 12th floor where the reception was located.

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Hotel Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel

“Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel” is a luxury hotel located on the upper floor of the skyscraper complex “Abeno Harukas” connected to Tennoji Station on the JR and Subway Midosuji Lines. All rooms are located on the 38th floor or higher, with floor-to-ceiling windows offering stunning views of Osaka city. The hotel has a 24-hour fitness gym and business center, as well as a Kintetsu department store and art museum on the lower floor, and the highest observation deck in Japan on the 58th and 60th floors which is the top floor.

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The hotel is located on the upper floor of Abeno Harukas, the tallest skyscraper in Japan. The building stands out even from a distance.

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The room is simple, calm and stylish with a size of 38 square meters. The big window in the room with a panoramic view of Osaka city was very beautiful.

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You can enjoy a panoramic view of the city of Osaka from the big window in your room.

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InterContinental Hotel Osaka

“InterContinental Hotel Osaka” is a 5-star hotel located on the newly developed Grand Front Osaka, just a 5-minute walk from JR Osaka Station. The hotel has 5 restaurants and bars, 4 banquet and meeting rooms, a fitness and spa with a 20 meter indoor pool. Most of the rooms are over 50 square meters big, modern and stylish interiors are casually accompanied by Japanese tradition, equipped with U.S. luxury fragrance brand “Aglaria” amenities and BOSE theater sound system. It is a hotel where you can spend a quality time.

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The “InterContinental Osaka” is located in the commercial center Grand Front North Building, so it was hard to tell where the hotel starts from.

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The room is bright and stylish. The desk is made of glass, the TV is wall-mounted, and it is far away from the bed, so the room felt spacious. The desk for the teapot was made of stone, and the tissue case and amenity box was made of bamboo.

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The bathroom is very spacious. There is a bamboo rack on the bathtub, so you could touch your phone or read while taking a bath.

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Courtyard by Marriott Shin-Osaka Station

“The Courtyard by Marriott Shin-Osaka Station” is conveniently located just a 1-minute walk from JR Shin-Osaka Station. The hotel also has a free 24-hour fitness room, meeting space, restaurant and bar. Modern rooms with earth colors and cultural patterns are equipped with air-conditioning, TV, fridge, tea set and private bathroom. It has great location with quick and easy access to the city center and nearby cities such as Kyoto and Kobe.

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The hotel is not particularly clean and does not stand out, but it was easy to find thanks to the Marriott logo. The entrance is on the first and third floor, but the third floor was the main entrance.

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The room is spacious, modern and has a calm atmosphere, while the sofa is red and stylish.

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There is a restaurant on the lobby level for breakfast and a teppanyaki and bar on the top floor. Teppanyaki and bar were adjacent to the club lounge, there was a reception and it was not a casual restaurant.

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The Westin Osaka

“The Westin Osaka” is located in the Osaka/Umeda area, the center of Osaka, a 7-minute walk from JR Osaka Station and about 5-10 minutes with a free shuttle bus. Umeda Sky Building with the Floating Garden Observatory is right next to the hotel. The hotel has a fitness club with an indoor pool, jacuzzi, gym, outdoor running track, sauna, acupuncture and moxibustion salon, relaxation salon, wedding and banquet halls, several restaurants and bar lounges. All rooms are more than 41 square meters big, equipped with a hotel original “Heavenly Bed,” panoramic windows overlooking the cityscape of Osaka, and marble bathrooms.

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“The Westin Hotel Osaka” is a 30-story tall building located in Shin Umeda City, northwest of Osaka Station. Next to the hotel is the Umeda Sky Building, which was ranked the “Top 20 Architectures in the World” selected by a famous British magazine.

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This room is a corner room, so you can enjoy a nice view from different angles. The bed, called the “Heavenly Bed” was uniquely developed by the Westin brand and is said to be as comfortable as sleeping on a cloud, and indeed I was able to sleep very well.

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You can enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the big windows.

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RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka

“RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka” is located in the center of Osaka, west of Nakanoshima, connected to the Keihan train Nakanoshima station, and a free shuttle bus runs from JR Osaka station to the hotel. It is built in a very good location. The hotel has a fitness center, indoor pool, whirlpool (for a fee) and a wedding/banquet hall. There are also 20 dining options including Western, Chinese, Japanese, Teppanyaki and a lounge bar. Rooms are simple and modern.

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The tower wing is 30 stories tall, the west wing is 15 stories tall, and there is an annex building with parking and an indoor pool.

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The lobby had a carpet with flower patterns which was beautiful and fluffy. The cleaning staff were vacuuming and it looked very hard.

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My room got upgraded to a deluxe twin room. It was not a big room, but it was clean and I was able to spend a comfortable time. There was plenty of space to open up my luggage.

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Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka

“The Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka” is connected to Kintetsu Osaka Uehonmachi Station, and there is also a limousine bus linking Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport to the hotel, making it very convenient for those who are getting on a plain. The hotel also has a 24-hour fitness gym, a health club with indoor pool, sauna and gym (available at visitor rates), a wedding and banquet hall, and several restaurants. There are various types of rooms, so you can choose a room according to your taste. In addition, free rental smartphones are installed for your stay to be more convenient.

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Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka is a 21-story building connected to Osaka Uehonmachi Station and Kintetsu Department Store Uehonmachi.

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The room had pure white walls and wooden furniture, giving a simple and calm atmosphere. The room is not very big with only 31 square meters, but it was enough space to spend a relaxing time.

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There are a couple of restaurants in the hotel. I had breakfast at “Uemachi,” a Japanese restaurant on the 3rd floor.

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Hyatt Regency Osaka

“Hyatt Regency Osaka” is located in the Bay Area, close to popular tourist attractions such as Universal Studios Japan and Kaiyukan. There is also a free shuttle bus from JR Osaka Station, making it easy to access nearby cities such as Kyoto, Kobe and Nara. The hotel has indoor and outdoor pools, gym, aerobics studio, massage, spa, fitness center with sauna, treatment salon, wedding and banquet halls, several restaurants and lounge bars. All 480 rooms are over 30 square meters wide and are very spacious. 46 suites and Regency Club rooms have panoramic views of Osaka city or the bay area.

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It was a 28 story tall hotel, so it stood out even from afar.

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The room is not big, but it was a stylish room with a beautiful and calm atmosphere. Furnitures were new, clean and maintained very well. Guests staying on the Club Floor (25th to 27th floor) can enjoy free breakfast, tea, snacks and cocktails at the Club Lounge on the 28th floor.

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You can enjoy a nice view during both day and night. The club floor is the room above the 25th floor, so if you want to stay in a room on a higher floor, I recommend staying on the club floor.

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Hotel Royal Classic Osaka

“Hotel Royal Classic Osaka” is a new hotel that opened in December, 2019. Located in the southern part of Osaka, right next to Namba Station, the architect Kengo Kuma works on a characteristic building that stands on the site of the Shin-Kabuki-za. It is a museum hotel where more than 100 pieces of contemporary art are exhibited, and is a hotel where you can spend a quality time enjoying the artworks.

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The hotel is located very close to Namba Subway Station, in a lively location along Midosuji. It’s a former site of the former Kabukiza Theater, and its exterior is a characteristic building that inherits its traditional design.

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[The Suite] is over 78 square meters in size, and the large windows on one side of the living area offers a panoramic view of Midosuji and Osaka, allowing you to enjoy a relaxing and luxurious time.

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A bar on the 20th floor, which is the top floor, with a very nice view of the city.

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Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier

“Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier” is a premier hotel located in Nakanoshima, one of Osaka’s leading office districts, along the Tosabori River. This hotel has been listed on the Michelin Guide for the sixth consecutive year, and Mitsui Garden Hotel has a lot of services for women and is located near the train station.

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The hotel is built along the Tosabori River. When I walked on the promenade along the river, I could see the whole building.

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The room is spacious with a chic and cozy atmosphere. The bed was large and spacious with a width of 160㎝.

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The lounge is located on the 16th floor, which is the top floor, had big windows so that you can enjoy the view.

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Osaka Garden Palace

The “Osaka Garden Palace” is close to Shin-Osaka Station which is a business district, so the holidays were moderately quiet. Both Shin-Osaka Station and Hankyu Mikuni Station have good access which is about a 10 to 12 minute walk. Free buses run every 15 minutes.

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The lobby ceiling went up to the second floor, with stairs leading to the ceremony hall, and large chandeliers and carpets felt like a hotel suitable for weddings and meetings.

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The room was modern and small, but there was plenty of space. It was also very bright in the room. It was a simple, very modern and functional room.

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There was a cafe and a Japanese restaurant on the first floor. There was also a shop in the lobby and a boutique on the first floor. It was convenient even on days when the weather was bad and I did not want to go outside.

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