Takarazuka hotels

Pros: Kaoru was the nicest host I've ever had. She was very hospitable and accommodating, giving us her lots of convenience and spending tips for everything we were planning to do and even checking up on how our day went on cute whiteboards. You can tell she really makes a conscious effort to make her guests feel welcome and enjoy osaka and Japan. Very happy with accommodation, would recommend and return

Cons: Google sent us to the back of the house, but Antoine was kind enough to help lift our luggage up.

Pros: Very nice and considerate host. She always gave us lots of surprises throughout our stay. Thank you for making us feel like home. Really enjoy chatting and planning the trip with you. XD

Cons: The toilet is a little bit small.

Pros: Kaoru and Antoine were perfect hosts! Giving us great tips and helping us plan days every morning with cup of coffee.

Pros: Good location for getting into central Osaka, and the guesthouse is located in a quiet location with plenty of places to eat and convenience stores nearby, as well as an onsen, game centre, karaoke and more! Staff were AMAZING, Kaoru and Antoine are so lovely and helpful, and made us feel very welcomed and at home. They gave us great info about deals available for tourist attractions and places to go, and we had lovely conversations with them everyday. I really cannot express enough how much we appreciated their help and kindness! The guesthouse is so cosy and nicely decorated with a cat theme throughout, if you're a cat lover you are in for a treat! If you need somewhere to stay in Kansai please consider Guesthouse Neko Neko, you won't be disappointed! We didn't want to leave!

Cons: Nothing, everything was great! No complaints!

Pros: Extra comfy beds. Extra friendly hosts Very caring hosts. Bicycles available free.

Cons: All good

Pros: Clean, comfortable and great hosts.

Cons: It is a bit far from major attractions. Although the cost of accomodation is more affordable, good to take into account that you will need to pay more in public transport to get into town etc. No problem if you have a number of days in Osaka.

Pros: This is the second time we return to guest house Neko Neko. Kaoru and Antoine is warm as usual. Kaoru advise us places to see, best route to take, and what tickets that is most worth it to buy.

Cons: The bed is soooo warm and soft and smells good we had really good sleep. We almost did not want to leave our bed!

Pros: The hosts were very helpful, and always ready to help with a big smile. Very happy with the room, was a wide bedroom.

Pros: The room is very spacious, almost double other hotel rooms. And even though toilet and bath is shared and is located outside the room, there are 4 available so it's still convenient. Almost all reviews highlight the host and it's true Miss Kaoru is by far the nicest and most helpful host we have ever had the pleasure of staying with. She goes out of her way to ask about our tour and our day. She gives REALLY HELPFUL tips. Plus she invited us to have dinner and even though we missed it she left food out for us. To top it off, we accidentally left our camera bag when we checked out and she *rushed* to the train station to give it back to us. Coming from an introvert, I cannot commend her enough. I'm really grateful to her for taking care of us during the trip. Keep in mind, this is closer to a JR train station not a subway. Distance from station is a little below the average of our other budget hostel stays, although you do have to cross a bridge.

Pros: The place is very cosy and nice and the owners (especially Kaoru) are absolutely lovely. Very sweet people and a very nice place. Would book this place again!

Pros: Everything especially the dinner. We asked for 1 vegetarian and 1 regular menue and it was amazing. The view from the bath is astonished. Worth the money for sure.

Pros: We chose this ryokan because we wanted a full-fledged traditional Japanese ryokan experience. It was that and more - a real luxury experience. We were provided with wafuku, which we wore, and the price included a ten-course delicious dinner of traditional foods. There was an on-site open-air mineral bath. The views were fantastic.

Cons: I liked everything. The only thing that was not as expected, but not a drawback, was how modern everything was. I booked it from a recommendation, so I hadn't looked at the web site or researched it, otherwise I would have known.

Pros: The hotel is located on the halfway of minoo sanso, they have pickup bus from train station hourly, about ten mins driving distance. The staff there are very helpful and friendly. Amazingly food, both breakfast and dinner are surprisingly good! The spa is also brilliant. We booked the Japanese style room, it was a great experience, with a fantastic night view in the room. And I do hope to stay there again on my next trip to Japan.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The people were the loveliest.

Cons: Onsen and ryokan experience may be a novelty for a foreigner. Will help to have a nifty multi-language guide for that! But nothing tourists can't do with research. So no big deal.

Pros: Wonderful staff. Amazing views! Delicious food. The highlight of our trip.

Pros: The location is very easily accessible from Osaka city center. The free shuttle service is awesome. The onsen is clean and the variety of bath areas added some adventure to our stay. The night view, from our room and from the outdoor bath areas were absolutely spectacular! The lobby and terrace area flow beautifully with the scenery. Food is locally sourced and delicous! Even the treats that came with the tea inside our room are tasty, especially the green tea chocolate. Most of the food items can be purchased from the tiny gift shop beside the reception. We did not see any foreigners and even though there were many visitors to the resort, it was not crowded in the bath areas.

Cons: According to the staff, it costs 1000¥ to check out just an hour late for each guest. We wish there was an option to check in at an earlier time. It is quite expensive.

Pros: The service provided by Minoo was really considerate. They provided shuttle buses to and fro from the accommodation. The room was really spacious for the 3 of us and it was really clean. The view from our room was really pretty too! The staff provided great services too, for both check-in, dinner and breakfast.

Cons: Nothing! We missed the shuttle bus but didn’t want to wait so we took a taxi up. It would be even better if they can customized the shuttle bus service timing for their customers.

Pros: Breakfast very good

Pros: 1.Perfect location, near train and bus station 2. Not far from walking street and castle 3. Delicious breakfast buffet 4. Small queen size comfy bed for single

Cons: The bed size is not good for family with kids or obese couple

Pros: Clean room and lots of windows

Cons: Lobby on 2nd floor weird

Pros: The location was great--across the street from the train station and next to an Italian restaurant and Spanish bar and restaurant.

Cons: If there were some bread/toast and sausages and the eggs were not so runny the breakfast would have been okay. As it was, I went to the McDonald's for an egg muffin set and I was set.

Pros: In front of station in Amagasaki.

Pros: The breakfast exceeded all my expectations.

Pros: SPA was comfortable for me. It’s clean.

Cons: Room is little bit small.

Pros: Easy check in and check out. Functional room and bathroom. Accessible to train station and bus to airport.

Cons: Breakfast menu wa different from before. Before was better. The sausage and bacon was gone. There were no breads also. iqos room is no longer available. We had to go down to 2nd floor just to smoke iqos.

Pros: Location. Right next to Hanshin Amagasaki station. Breakfast was pretty good. Don’t need to go out and find breakfast. Very clean. Breakfast staff very friendly and helpful.

Pros: Convenient as the station is just in front of the hotel

Cons: Staffs normally only speak Japanese a bit difficult to communicate

Pros: The location is excellent, right next to the mall, resistant and JR station that you can get to anywhere easily.

Cons: The room is not spacious, just like most Japanese hotels but it’s still decent for the money I paid.

Pros: Superb Location, facilities, staff... Cleanliness and everything ... recommended.

Pros: - the hotel locates next to a big shopping mall - the room is comfortable - room size is adequate - clean room - car park locates at the basement of the building

Cons: - no surface to put the shampoo over the bath tub - car park fee is calculated on hourly basis

Pros: The location is good, just near the train station. Around the hotel, there are shopping mall and super market.

Pros: Amenities

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Great value for your money. Very fancy hotel close to the airport. Our room had a jacuzzi, king size bed, projector and even a slot machine. Its fair to say it exceeded our expectations by far. Very friendly staff.

Pros: Massage chair, hot tub with TV and LED, projector and big screen, PS4/SNES/Wii, big bed

Pros: Good price for the room. Had massage chair and jacuzzy. Close to airport. Everyone was very helpful nd polite. Very clean.

Cons: Very far from the center area, Osaka castle, dotombori, etc. Not close to a train station.

Cons: No invoices for business travelers. Be careful before booking. This is brothel for locals.

Pros: unusual concept- the room is full of various leasure items like massage chair, gaming machine, wide screen projector, etc; the furniture is somewhat pretentious, lighting fixtures are rich and heavy; bathroom is FILLED with products for hair and beauty and hair styling tools, not to mention candles and ornaments; walking distance from Itami airport , which is very convenient

Cons: all the above creates quite an impression of a.. brothel but then again it's adults only

Cons: Wrong hotel description on Booming.com. this is not a traveler's hotel. It is a local adult hotel and honesty we got very uneasy upon check in. Airport hotel with no way to get to the airport. No taxis at early hour. It should not be on Booking. Com site for international travelers

Pros: Hotel very handy for airport.

Cons: Breakfast minimal.

Pros: Location was good, you get quite spacious room and own bathroom for your money which is a great thing in Japan, staff was very helpful and nice too, and it is a short walking from the airport. So it is worth to book it for a night, definitely, to get a good sleep before your flight, especially if you have a long one

Cons: The place was so beautifully done yet poorly cleaned. Thankfully main facilities like bath was fine but I could wipe dust for hours from the furniture, there were food crumps below the sofa and between the cushions on the sofa and dust on the floor too. There is a high turn around of guests, I get it, it's a love hotel, but even for me it would take 10 minutes with a vacuum cleaner to get it done, and I'm not professional cleaner.

Pros: did not eat it

Cons: the check in was a nightmare. It's an airport hotel yet the reception said they could not guarantee transport to the airport!!

Pros: Size room great..massage chair excellent as well as large spa tub & shower.

Pros: As a solo traveller and a frequent visitor to Takarazuka I love this hotel for its convenient location, its spacious rooms and the amazing staff, always welcoming me with friendly smiles, helping me out with any request and making me feel at home from the moment I cross the entrance until the last "See you next time". On my last stay, the upgraded japanese room with western-style beds and river view was extremely comfortable and greatly appreciated.

Pros: The room and hotel was beautiful. The food was excellent. I reserved a private onsen at check in. I got a massage done into my room. The room was spacey. My room had a view of the river. The beds was comfortable.

Cons: I was expecting Kobe beef for dinner but it was Japanese beef.

Pros: Excellent service, great location, excellent onsen with rose petals

Cons: Pricey

Pros: Love hotel- like many love hotels, the room has personality (lights in bathtub, etc). Great room- actually the largest and one of the more comfortable that we stayed in traveling three weeks in Japan. Would highly recommend.

Pros: Staff were incredible. So kind and thoughtful.

Pros: transfer service between hotel and train station free of charge. staff is very helpful.

Pros: Near to metro

Cons: No WiFi!

Pros: Located conveniently close to Esaka train station. Anytime fitness across the road and multiple shopping spots only a short walk away.

Pros: I forgot a souvenir when checking out. When I called the hotel once I realized this, they made sure to not their it out when cleaning the room and hold onto it until I was able to return and pick it up.

Cons: My biggest concern was that the free TV channels were lacking a bit in selection. But then again, this is a business hotel and the channel selection reflects that.

Pros: The overall service and welcoming and also the room was very comfortable and clean.

Cons: There was no cupboard to put our dresses or store the bags in the room.

Pros: Location.

Cons: Staff.

Pros: A lot of eateries and convenience stores around. About 5 mins walk from Esaka station to hotel and 10 mins train ride from Esaka station to Osaka station.

Cons: Room is a little small but expected of hotel rooms in Japan especially main cities like Osaka.

Pros: A room was very clean and modern design.

Cons: Restaurant for breakfast is not rally organized and people were confused how to line up.

Pros: The staff were very friendly, price is very good, room ammeneties & comfort are very good. Would definitely recommend this hotel. Good price for location in Osaka.

Cons: 20 minute subway to the middle of town

Cons: The room was very small yet tha air con still didnt work sufficiently and this was in spring so it wasnt that hot outside. When we told the hotel staff their solution was to open the window but it was too noisy to leave it open all night.

Pros: Very good location, 5 min walk from Esaka station. Take JR train from Kansai airport to Tennoji station then take subway Midosuji Line. There is no lift linking JR station to subway, you will need to walk, not fun if you have heavy luggage. Plenty of shops to do shopping/eating. Very comfortable bed/pillows with fluffy blanket. Very service minded room staff although unable to speak English but they do understand my requests and get me power adapters within 3 min. Very clean room and bathroom. Two pairs of slippers are compliments, thanks.

Cons: The air cond is set to get min of 20 C but I feel like >26 C which is a bit too warm in Summer. TV are charged even for the local Japanese programs.

Pros: The room was fine, but nothing special. Staff were eager to please but check-in procedures were a bit chaotic. The location was this hotels strong point; it is within easy walking distance to the Takarazuka Grand Theater.

Cons: Nothing specific. The hotel is perfectly ok overall, but doesn't rise to the level of "excellent."

Pros: The overall décor of the Hotel is magnificent and the staff most helpful

Cons: The pillow was a bit too hard...

Pros: Staffs are very polite and kind. Everything was prepared including shampoo, conditioner, body shampoo, toothbrush and a hairbrush as well.

Cons: When I enter the room I stayed, I sensed odd smell and it made my stay a little uncomfortable. The bed was too hard if you prefer a soft mattress, this bed must be really uncomfortable.

Pros: As a takarazuka fan, the hotel is the perfect place to stay. 10 mins walking distance from the hotel to theater. Many things to enjoy in the hotel. staffs are nice, they let me an umbrella when I checked out as typhoon is coming. Appreciated a lot for all the helps.

Cons: It is a little bit old fashion hotel, everything looks like that they are still in 80s.

Pros: Courtesy and helpfulness of staff. Ambience of this place.

Pros: In the older section (post war building) with nice window looking out the back. Room somewhat run down dusty in corners but basically clean.small. No electrical outlets near bed-- resulting in a long (easy to trip on) extension cord。

Cons: Breakfast buffet good but ended up not eating at any of the expensive looking restaurants.

Pros: Great location

Pros: Staff was amazing and interested in your travels. If you brought something from your home country they are happily exchanging it for something out of japan

Cons: If it’s cold or raining taking a shower and have breakfast can be a challenge. Since you have to go around the building to go to the showers and 2nd common room

Pros: All

Cons: Nothing

Pros: I think it's a good choice for who needs to go to airport in the early morning,the owner is very nice,and recommend me local restaurants nearby.I like local neighborhood there.

Cons: It is just not convenient to go to the shower room and the kitchen,which needs to go out and go upstairs.

Pros: The restrooms were clean and the owner is very accommodating.

Cons: The place was a bit from the railway station but it was still walking distance so it wasn't bad enough

Pros: The owner is really friendly and he is a traveler himself; so he understands what we need

Pros: Kiku-chan is very kind and committed to give a pleasant accommodation.

Pros: Nice hostel, friendly staff. Good location if you need to rich airport early morning (but really far from city center). Many cafe around the site (for example on the way from subway to the hostel). Good price.

Pros: There's an english language cafe in the evening where you can speak to native english speakers

Cons: The hostel was almost empty during my stay so I didn't meet a lot of people.

Pros: Have lived and traveled around Japan for 16 years, and this is the best $55 hotel I've ever stayed in. Every amenity and toiletry in the room imaginable. The hotel has been renovated for tourists and my room was very clean. The large screen TV took up half of the wall. A 15' walk from Itami Airport. There is a steak restaurant and 7Eleven around the corner. Breakfast was very basic with salmon, rice, miso soup, and pickled veggies, served in your room. However the rice was superb, probably the best rice I had in my 2.5 week trip to Japan, as the Shiga/Mie area people apparently aren't fussy about rice. Rice in this area was about as bad as Okinawa.

Cons: While some hotels in this price range have Viking (buffet) breakfast, hey, this is a love hotel . . .

Pros: The room was huge and had all the amenities: Giant flat screen TV, king bed, game stations, refrigerator, additional refrigerator for beverages, sex-toy vending machine, complimentary sex toys, whirlpool tub with TV or music, AND shower. Breakfast was delivered when requested, and they had a late check-out time.

Cons: Checking in was near impossible. The clerk spoke no English at all, and was really hung up on my phoning a friend who had contacted the hotel trying to find me. It didn't matter that I showed her that we had been messaging each other; she was not going to let us check in without my first calling my friend. Then my friend showed up, and she would only talk to my friend, and not me or my husband.

Pros: Was close to the airport

Cons: Was not the cleanist

Pros: Near airport and spacious room

Cons: No towels

Cons: No response to my emails. Staff spoke no English and it was difficult to communicate.

Pros: Love hotel right next to Itami airport, room much larger than business hotels, good amenities and 24h room service with a large menu and even some free food and drinks. Had a good nights sleep. Communicated with staff in Japanese, the lady at the reception was exceptionally friendly and explained that they have special procedures for foreign guests, such as giving out room keys which is not the usual practice at love hotels in Japan. They seem well prepared to receive international visitors overall, even if English might be limited.

Cons: The bathroom smelled like smoke, and there were some suspicious stains on the bed scarf, but the bedding otherwise seemed fine. Breakfast very basic.

Pros: We stayed in this hotel because we wanted to try this type of accomodation during our trip to Japan. At first, we were a little confused, because there was no-one at reception. But this is apparently costumary in love hotels (due to the high value placed on anonymity by guests) and after calling someone through the phone on the desk, the receptionist came to help us immediately. We chose this particular hotel because it is within walking-distance of the international airport of Osaka and has a 24h-reception. So, we could enjoy a good night's sleep in a very big bed, get up around 5-ish to have a relaxing bubble bath (with a selection of no less than four different bath salts/foams and many other luxurious bathing and beauty products), check out and arrive on foot well in time for our flight back home.

Pros: service attitude is impressive.

Cons: the view is normal

Pros: A bit dated, but had everything you required.

Cons: A bit dated

Pros: Friendly reception. Close to convenience stores and eateries

Cons: Nothing

Cons: It’s a old hotel ，they open the door of room by key，not card.and the room is old too

Pros: I like this place

Cons: I like this place

Cons: The reservation made by booking com was for check in at 9 pm. I was not aware of this and arrived at 14:30 hrs. The staff was so kind to rearrange the check in time at little additional cost only.

Pros: Check in was seemless. English speaking staff, kind, helped me when our reservation was switched. Good.

Cons: Breakfast was a bit pricey so we opted out. Parking...I don't like paying for parking but it was reasonable.

Pros: Nice view from the 14th floor. Nice and clean!

Pros: In the range, it is a very good choice.

Pros: Clean

Cons: This is not in Osaka! It's in the sticks. No reason to stay here unless you have a business meeting close by.

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Run down and small

Pros: Free shuttle service to/from airport Buffet breakfast Hot springs/sauna Clean room Comfortable bed Staff/customer service

Cons: Thin walls; could hear people talking in the hallway sometimes or someone coughing/sneezing in the rooms next door.

Pros: Near the train station and they had bikes to rent, would of liked to use the Japanese bath but no time

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Cleanliness, courteous staff, room quality , value for money

Cons: Should have universal power sockets

Pros: Comfortable bed, clean rooms, nice shower area, nice living room area.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The guesthouse provides relatively big rooms with bunk beds. The beds are quite spacious and comfortable. The room I stayed in was stuffy, but there were air conditioners everywhere. The lounge is joint with the kitchen and is quite big and comfortable. The shower cabins are available in the common area, and you also may pay for a private bathroom. It is a good place to stay for a side-trip to Nishinomiya. In general, I would stay there once more.

Cons: Some commodities require additional payment, as one might expect from a hostel. The washing machine and the drying machine are operated with coins, as well as the coffee machine. You might need to ask about additional services like towels and gowns during check-in.

Pros: Good location, good service, good facility

Pros: Officer have service mind ,　hotel next to JR station which easy to go to Shin-Osaka / Kyoto.

Pros: Very easy access from train station. Large rooms. A free bottle of water was supplied in the room, very appreciated when arriving late after long travels!

Cons: There was internet through cable in the room, but wifi was only available on first floor.

Cons: Need wi-fi inside rooms.

Pros: very near kishibe station and nearby supermarket and drugstore. very convenient for last minute shopping

Cons: I requested to be transferred to a non smoking room. at first i was told that all rooms were booked. when i asked the second time, i was told to pay additional 2300 yen.

Pros: Location next to station.

Cons: WiFi in lobby only. Should be available on all floors.

Pros: It is very close to the station Breakfast is great but comparatively less choice of food Close to the stadium and the shopping mall

Cons: We cant enjoy the early checkin service, we need to pay extra money for that

Pros: Location was good and second room I got was nice but

Cons: Check in was supposed to be 15:00 but then they said room wasn’t ready so please go shopping ...I said no i would like to check in because I’m paying from three ..they said ok then we will put you in different room ..I said is it the same size and quality they said yes ...but it was in separate building ...small room (like business hotel ) I was angry because cost was much more than business hotel ....so I called front desk to complain ...they said oh I see and said your original room is ready ....so I went back to front and got key to new room in main building (which was what I paid for ) this room was very nice and spacious .... staff were not friendly ...I feel it was more a scam trying to get me to small room since I was alone and they can book the other room too ...in the end I was happy but I think staff handled situation not well at all

Pros: Clean rooms. Got a room in the West Building which is new. Great location next to Koshien Station and the Stadium. Great value proposition and easy access to train network. Breakfast was good value although busy.

Cons: Line for check-in was a little long and time consuming

Pros: Very close to the station. Toilet and bathroom are separated!

Pros: easy access to the subway.

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: No bar!!! In a desrted lounge they reluctently served us a drink - ONE drink and then they kicked us out (at 11pm)!!

Pros: The place was nice but not accurate. Swimming pool closed at 3:30pm and had to be paid separately. My room was in a inconvenient corner with entrance with another inconvenient room door, not a queen size bed as I booked and paid for

Cons: You didn’t say that the pool would close at 3:30pm Nor did you tell us that it was a paying service

Pros: polite and helpful staff

Pros: Nice to take a rest

Cons: Still too far from public transportation

Pros: It was very close to the station. I asked the station master for the exit, and there was a printed map with English directions to the hotel. The room was well-furnished and had a nice view of the pool. The breakfast spread had good choices and an omelet station :)

Pros: Japanese room is nice.

Cons: Slow wifi

Pros: Very friendly helpful staff

Cons: Room was too hot! Staff tried to help by opening the window, then it was very noisy. Air conditioning is apparently only on in summer! Swimming pool wasn’t open as it wasn’t summer, this wasn’t stated on the website.

Pros: The room had a really nice carpet. The breakfast was excellent.

Cons: The room was very small and the bathroom was very basic.

Pros: The internet is awfully slow. 20th century. really for a hotel like that in Japan an Onsen would be great.