Hotel Hanshin is an upscale business hotel offering comfortable accommodation at reasonable prices. Part of the reason for the reasonable room rates is that the hotel is situated just a little further from Osaka Station than other more centrally located Umeda hotels. However, Hotel Hanshin is very convenient for Fukushima Station which gives you instant access to the Osaka Loop Line and the Hanshin Main Line.
Hotel Hanshin was designed by the well known hospitality designers Hirsch Bedner Associates
This hotel has its own hot spring spa, its own chapel for wedding ceremonies, three restaurants, a bar, and a coffee shop. There are also many restaurants and bars in the surrounding area.
Guest Rooms
All of the guest rooms are located between the 14th and 23rd floors, so that all rooms have excellent city views. The rooms are all fully air conditioned and come with a TV, refrigerator, and electric kettle. A CD player, humidifier and air purifier, iron, and trouser press can all be borrowed on request. For a fee you can also rent a computer or DVD player and pay for cable television. There is free Wi-Fi in all the guest rooms and rooms also have high speed LAN cable internet connections. Bathrooms come supplied with towels, a hair dryer, a hair brush and complimentary toiletries such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, a toothbrush and toothpaste.
Double Room
Twin Room at Hotel Hanshin
Of the hotel’s 289 rooms just 2 rooms are Japanese style with tatami matted floors, futons instead of beds, and typical Japanese décor such as sliding paper doors.
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Hotel Hanshin
Dining
This hotel has a coffee shop, three restaurants and a bar. These are the details:
Entrance to buffet restaurant Nen
Nen is a French style casual buffet restaurant on the 2nd floor. All the food is served up straight from the open kitchen with freshly baked breads, roast beef, and lots of healthy vegetables heavily featured.
Breakfast: 7.00 – 10.00
Lunch: 11.30 – 16.00
Dinner: 17.00 – 22.00
Entrance to Hanaza
Hanaza is a Japanese restaurant on the 2nd floor. Seafood, tofu, and mushroom dishes feature prominently on the seasonal menu.
Lunch: 11.30 – 14.30 (until 15:00 on weekends and holidays)
Dinner: 17.00 – 22.00
Entrance to Xiang-hu
Xiang-hu is an elegant Chinese restaurant on the 3rd floor. Colorful stir fried dishes, mapo dofu (tofu in a spicy sauce), and shumai pork dumplings are among the classic Chinese dishes on offer.
Lunch: 11.30 – 14.30 (until 15.00 on weekends and holidays)
Dinner: 17.00 – 22.00
Caballero is a comfortable bar on the 7th floor with soft lighting and background jazz for easy listening.
Open: 17:00 – 23:00
Tully’s coffee shop
Tullys on the 1st floor is a branch of the popular Seattle coffee shop chain. Here you can buy coffees, espresso, light meals, and pastries.
Open: 7:00 – 22:00
Facilities and Services
The reception desk on the 1st floor
There is a 24 hour reception desk and a concierge who can help with enquiries about the area and help with restaurant and taxi bookings.
Dry cleaning and photocopying services are both available for a fee.
The ladies’ spa is located on the 6th floor and the gentlemen’s is located on the 7th
Hotel Hanshin has its own hot spring spa and sauna on the 6th and 7th floors which can be used for a fee. Massages are also available. Natural hot spring spa water is also piped into every guest room’s bathroom.
There is a Family Mart convenience store just outside the hotel with an ATM that accepts most major international credit cards.
Entrance to Fukushima Station
Hotel Hanshin Location Map
Hotel Hanshin is a 15 minute walk south west of Osaka Station, the Sakurabashi Gate being the closest exit. However, the closest station is Fukushima Station which serves JR West’s Osaka Loop Line and the Hanshin Main Line and this station is just a 4 minute walk from the hotel. The Osaka Loop Line connection makes this a very convenient jumping off spot for Universal Studios Japan.
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved.
