Hotel Keihan Kyobashi Grande — Hotel in Osaka

It was right in front of Kyobashi Station, so it was nice to be able to shorten the time going back and forth to the station! When I first checked in, I had trouble using the self-service machine, but everyone was kind and helpful. However, perhaps because I am used to large hotel rooms and warm boilers in Korea, the hotel room was very narrow and felt cold even with the heater on. Of course, I knew that Japanese hotel rooms were narrow, but since it was a room for 4 people, I thought it would be a little bigger, but it was so big that it was difficult to even unfold the suitcase...^^ Still, I think it's a good hotel to choose when traveling with college students because it's cost-effective. There are a lot of supermarkets and convenience stores nearby, and Keihan Mall is right below, so there are a lot of places to shop and eat! In particular, the Tendon restaurant I went to with a Japanese lady was so delicious!!+) No matter how much you speak English to Japanese people, including station staff, they cannot understand you, and even if they do understand you, they cannot speak English, so download Papago's Japanese translator...

Well first of all, you should be advised Kyobashi Station IS NOT the main Osaka train station. If you come in to city on bullet train, you have to catch the local metro and transfer two times to get to Kyobashi. It's in a very busy location with trains intersecting from different lines so you can get anywhere pretty expeditiously but you have to change trains once or twice. Walking distance to Osaka Castle and plenty of dining options. Good air conditioning, no safe in room and too few outlets. Pretty quiet considering over the train station(s). || Worst part: lobby is on 6th floor, so you have to elevator to six, exit and go to front desk to retrieve key to guest room (they keep it when you go out) then go back and wait on the elevator again to go to room. Room was tiny and filled with things (a chair, pants presser, etc.) that made moving about room challenging. It also seemed kind of crusty (see photo of outlet in bathroom) and while maybe it had been renovated some parts got left out of the budget. Least favorite hotel room experience in Japan. We had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated for breakfast on...

It isn't a bad hotel in any way, but it sure isn't convenient/comfortable in some ways either. Room is so small so to not have space to store 2 suitcases, however there's a pants press in the room (standard)... There are 2 seats in the room, yet one is blocking the fridge. The reception desk is on the seventh floor of the building and all guest rooms above that (below are shops & restaurants from the mall). Which means you have to go to the seventh floor, get out, get your room key (wait in line at the reception if unlucky), get back into the elevator again, use the room key to activate the elevator to higher floors (otherwise impossible) and then get to your room. Also there are 4 elevators going from and to the seventh floor but only 2 to all the guest rooms above (!?). Walls are thin, can hear constant smashing with doors (or loud talking) next door. The bathroom was pretty spacious for Japanese standards and that was a welcome break. Again, nothing awful but definitely a lot of things I'd like to see...