Japan: Hotel Hankyu Osaka Annex

Hotel new Hankyu Osaka Annex

1 Chome-8-1 Shibata, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0012, Japan

https://www.hankyu-hotel.com/en/hotel/hh/shhannex

Travel Date: November 2023

Location: Close to Osaka-Umeda station on Hankyu-Kyoto line which is a good option if coming from Kyoto or if travelling to Minoh Falls, Katsuoji Temple or Hirakata T-site.  As it is located in the Umeda area, it is also accessible by 5 more lines (Midosuji Line, Hanshin Line, Tanimachi Line, Yotsubashi Line, JR Haruka).  

There are a lot of restaurants and shopping areas you can enjoy.  

Check-in: They accept luggages before check-in at 3pm. They have a designated counter where you pin-in your own numbers to keep your luggage secured.

Room: This 15 sqm room is spacious enough to accomodate 2 persons. We're also able to open our luggages comfortably.

Room is clean with free water bottles and basic amenities are available at the lobby.

Sunrise view from our window as we woke-up early for that day's adventure.

There is a full length mirror, desk, and cabinet.

  

Television has BBC but is dubbed in Japanese. There are also Korean series subbed in Japanese.

Cons: No convenience store available around the block.  So better buy your basic snacks if you pass-by one in the station area.

Check-out: After checkout, they will also allow you to leave your luggage for 1-day only.  This is convenient for us as we wanted to roam around some more in the morning, before heading to the airport in the afternoon.

This is also a few blocks away for Airport Bus to Kansai International Airport (KIX) or Osaka Airport (ITA).

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Read on Japan: Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka - 9 days Itinerary and Expenses

Day	Places to See	Food and Restaurants	Accommodation	Others
1	Nagoya Noritake Garden Aeon Mall Tsutaya Bookstore Illuminations near Nagoya Station Nana Chan mannequin doll	Ichiran Nagoya Station store Starbucks Coffee - 13F JR Central Towers	Sotetsu Fresa Inn  Sakuradoriguchi
2	Ghibli Park Mononoke Village Ghibli Grand Warehouse	Excelsior Caffe Mo's Burger Milk Stand Siberian, Ghibli Yomenya Goemon	same	Hill of Youth Dondoko Forest
3	ShinPuhKan Gion and Yasaka Shrine	Yoshinoya Stumptown Coffee Café Bibliotic Hello	Hotel M's Est Shijo Karasuma	Jingo-ji Starbucks - Sanjo-ohashi Bridge Potoncho
4	Kurama-dera and Kibune Kyoto Station roof deck	Doutor Coffee Shop Sagenta Nishiki Market	same
5	Arashiyama Nison-in Temple Gioji Temple Eikan-dō Night Illumination	% Arabica exCafe Sen-Oh Sukiya	same	Jōjakkōji Temple
6	Byodo-in Temple Uji River Catholic Uji Church	Starbucks Coffee Uji Ramen Tanakakyu Shoten Tsuen Main Branch	same	Nakamura Tokichi Byodo-in
7	Osaka Castle Catholic Tamatsukuri Church teamLab Botanical Garden Glico Man, Dotonbori Mido-suji Festival of Lights	Dean and Deluca Blue Bottle Coffee - Kyoto Rokkaku Café coffeeshop WARARA OSA Coffee Curry House Coco Ichibanya	Hotel New Hankyu Osaka Annex
8	Katsuo-ji / Daruma dolls Hirakata T-SITE Don Quijote Umeda	Senri Chuo station area Kitchen&bar AURA Hankyu Basement Food Hall	same
9	Nakanoshima Park and Rose Garden Toyo Tires event in Nakanoshima-dori	North Shore Kitahama	n/a	Takamura Wine & Coffee Roasters