KKR Hotel Umeda

The hotel is in a brilliant location if you want the full experience of the busy, crazy, foodie city that is Osaka. It's very near the main railway station and just by a network of arcades full of bars and restaurants. Despite its busy environment the rooms are really quiet and dark so no sleeping problems. The room was clean and comfortable, fairly small though usual for Japan and well priced. Staff were helpful. There isn't a restaurant or bar but there's a Tully's coffee shop in the lobby area plus many other cafes nearby.

the room was big enough where we could open our suitcases up. they are the new type with the zip in the middle and sometimes rooms are small enough where there isn't a big enough spot for them to fully open. no problem here.

the subway was not as close as we thought, but this is partly because the stairway we wanted was being worked on. hopefully they are putting in an escalator.