Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka: A Highly-Rated Osaka Accommodation Option Near Nankai Electric Railway Station
Namba Oriental Hotel is a long-established hotel in Osaka. Due to its convenient location, it has consistently been one of the popular hotels in Osaka and is frequently recommended by many netizens. For this trip, to make it easy to take the Nankai Electric Railway to Kansai Airport on the return day, we decided to stay at this hotel for the final night.
Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka Accommodation Review
Hotel Name: Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka (なんばオリエンタルホテル)
Check-in Date: May 2014
Number of Nights: 1 night
Room Type: Double Room (Oriental Queen / リエンタルクイーン)
Accommodation Cost: 16,500 JPY
Hotel Website: https://nambaorientalhotel.co.jp/
Booking Channels: Klook | Trip.com | Rakuten Travel | Rakuten Travel Japan | Ctrip
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1. Hotel Location & Transportation
Namba Oriental Hotel is located at the intersection of Namba’s Nankai-dori and Sennichimae-dori shopping streets. It is only about 200 meters from the Nankai Electric Railway Namba Station, a 3-minute walk, and only about 300 meters from the Namba subway station. Transportation is very convenient whether traveling to and from Kansai Airport or to various places within the city. Its location is even better than that of Cross Hotel Osaka and Holiday Inn Osaka Namba located in Dotonbori.
Since our flight from Osaka back to Macau departed in the afternoon, we usually go to Kuromon Market to buy fruit on the last day in Osaka, and after lunch, take the Nankai Electric Railway to the airport. Besides being close to Nankai Namba Station, Kuromon Market is also only about 300 meters away, a 4-minute walk, making Namba Oriental Hotel’s location very advantageous for this day’s itinerary.
Additionally, Namba Oriental Hotel is also very close to Shinsaibashi and Dotonbori, only about 300 meters away. The entire Shinsaibashi and Namba area is a pedestrian shopping district, making the area around the hotel very lively, with numerous restaurants and shops.
Nankai Electric Railway Namba Station, which is also the largest shopping mall in Namba, with Takashimaya Department Store located underground.
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When you come out of Nankai Namba Station and reach the crosswalk, you will see Nankai-dori. Go straight for 150 meters and you’ll find Namba Oriental Hotel.
The Sennichimae pedestrian street below the hotel.
Heading north along Sennichimae pedestrian street for about 300 meters leads to Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi.
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Going straight west from the hotel along a small street for about 300 meters leads to Kuromon Market.
Pharmacy and Lawson convenience store below the hotel.
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2. Hotel Environment & Facilities
Main entrance to Namba Oriental Hotel.
The entrance and lobby of Namba Oriental Hotel have a somewhat nostalgic style reminiscent of hotels from the 1960s and 70s. Although I don’t particularly like this style, I don’t strongly dislike it either.
The hotel lobby is located on the third floor of the building. You need to take the elevator from the ground floor entrance lobby to go up.
The elevator design also has a retro feel.
Hotel Lobby.
Guest rooms are on the fourth floor and above. The elevator to the guest room floors is next to the lobby; you need to insert your key card to open the metal gate and enter the elevator lobby.
Update: The hotel lobby and facilities have been renovated. The current design is more modern, and self-service lockers have been added, allowing guests to handle luggage storage themselves before check-in or after check-out.
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There is an indoor garden on the fourth floor of the hotel building. You can come here to relax if you have time.
The elevator lobbies and corridors on the guest room floors have a different style from the main lobby, feeling more modern.
There is an ice-making room like this on each floor, but it doesn’t seem necessary to use ice.
3. Hotel Room
Floor plan of the hotel guest room floors. One of the advantages of Namba Oriental Hotel is its relatively large room sizes. We stayed in the smallest Oriental Queen double room, which still has an area of 23 square meters, quite spacious.
Fortunately, the room design is only slightly retro with the door handle; the interior decor doesn’t have the nostalgic feel of the hotel lobby.
Although the hotel was built some time ago, the bedroom is well-maintained, and the design and decor are acceptable.
Although the room is well-maintained, signs of age are visible on the lighting control panel by the bedside table.
The room size is quite large compared to other hotels, with enough space for an armchair and a coffee table.
Although the room faces the street, there isn’t much of a view outside the window.
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The only aspect of Namba Oriental Hotel that I wasn’t very satisfied with is the bathroom. Firstly, I’m not too fond of this bathroom design with the sink and tiled floor. Secondly, the stains on the bathroom tiles can make those who are particular about cleanliness feel a bit uncomfortable.
Bathroom amenities
Wardrobe
Slippers and bathrobe
Refrigerator
Kettle, drinking utensils
Other in-room facilities
Although more and more Japanese hotels now offer free WiFi in their rooms, Namba Oriental Hotel still did not have WiFi. Fortunately, I had brought a mini router with me, so I could plug it in and convert the hotel’s free wired internet into WiFi.
Update: The hotel rooms have been renovated. Although the design is largely the same, they are now newer. Additionally, the hotel rooms now offer free WiFi.
4. Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka Stay Summary
The biggest advantage of the Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka is its super convenient location. The hotel has an overall guest rating of 4.33 points (out of 5) on Rakuten Travel in Japan, with the highest score being for location at 4.65 points. The room and bathroom scored 4.35 and 3.92 points respectively.
Apart from the advantageous location, the large room size is also a main benefit of Namba Oriental Hotel. Furthermore, besides standard rooms, the hotel also offers apartment-style rooms with an area of 52 square meters that can accommodate up to 6 people, making it very suitable for families or groups of young travelers.
In summary, the main advantages and disadvantages of Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka are:
- Advantages:
- Convenient location
- Easy access to transportation
- Spacious rooms
- Disadvantages:
- Older building
- Somewhat dated room design
Booking page links for Namba Oriental Hotel Osaka on major websites:
Introductions and reviews of other hotels I’ve stayed at in Osaka’s Namba and Shinsaibashi areas:
- [1] [Osaka Accommodation • Recommendation] Stay @ Cross Hotel Osaka
- [2] [Osaka Accommodation • Recommendation] Stay @ Holiday Inn Osaka Namba
- [3] [Osaka Accommodation • Recommendation] Stay @ Dormy Inn Onyado Nono Namba
- [4] [Osaka Accommodation • Recommendation] Stay @ Hotel Nikko Osaka
- [5] [Osaka Accommodation • Recommendation] Stay @ Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka
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