Location was right beside the Shinsaibashi shopping street, and washing machine was great to have! Staff were relatively helpful but did not really understand English well. Room size was big enough for a family of 3 to stay in.

Lack of facilities within the hotel (etc restaurant) and hotel decor is simple.

The Takuto Hotel Very good hotel, big rooms, clean bathrooms, comfortable beds and great location around the shinsaibashi shopping street. * No too far from the shinsaibashi subway station. The walking distance from Dotonbori is about 15 minutes. * The staff is very nice and helpful. There is a small kitchen and a washing machine in the room as well, very convenient for those who need to do laundry. There were not too many complementary items in fact they have them at the reception for sale if you were interested. * They had tea and coffee but there was not machine to make the coffee and not sugar either. However this hotel was good and well located, only a 3 minutes walk from that big Avenue where they have all the luxury brands stores. * I will definitely recommend it. * I

For me was the lack of complementary items, for my Husband the lack of shower curtains.

The Takuto was a very comfortable and super convenient stay for our family, and exceeded our expectations. The room was more than big enough for the three of us with our three suitcases to spread out, and having the kitchen facilities was great - while we ate out most of the time, having the ability to heat something up from the conbini if we felt like it was fantastic. The washer/dryer in the room was awesome and got a great workout - we used the dryer function in the bathroom which was incredibly efficient and dried our clothes in a couple of hours. The location was great, a short walk from Dotonbori and about 10 minutes walk from Namba station, and even less to Shinsaibashi station. Staff were accommodating and helpful. Highly recommended!

Location is great, To the left, it's the main street with Christmas lighting. To the right, it's the main shopping street that extends all the way to Dotonbori. Plenty of convenient stores, food and shops. Room size is acceptable which suits our family of 4 very well. Staffs are also very friendly and helpful in assisting guests needs.

A few minor issues, there are limited cloth hangers available. The washing machine is not well maintained. Also because of the layout of the room, there is limited space for a dining area for us, although didn't really matter as we ate out mostly.

○ By far one of the best hotels I’ve ever stayed at in Japan. ○ Location was great, just next to a shopping street and close to train/metro stations. Can walk down to Namba easily from here. ○ The room was incredibly spacious with plenty of room for luggage and moving around. ○ The shower is much larger than most Japanese hotels. ○ The kitchenette and washer were other huge pluses. Also they have instructions for using the shower room and fan to dry clothes relatively quickly. ○ Free water and other amnesties were much appreciated.

○ As mentioned in other reviews, only one elevator can mean quite a bit of waiting, especially on the morning of check-out. We were on the 2nd floor, so could easily take the stairs. If you’re higher up, this might affect you more. ○ Bed was average for me, but I slept well because I was so tired.

Walking distance to Shinsaibashi Parco, Daimaru, Dotonbori and walkable all the way to Namba. Just be prepared to walk. The whole stretch of the shopping street is so crowded with people. Many dining choices available. Room is long rectangular so the doorway is a little squeeze for my family of four. One of the hotel staff speaks English. Though the hotel is not in the heart of the actions, it is considerably in a good location. Overall the hotel provides all the basic necessities for a comfortable stay.

Noises from the streets. The cars and bikes seem to like revving their engine on the next street. Pillows were too flat.

The front desk staff was extremely helpful when one of my group member's experienced difficulty in breathing on Oct. 6. They called Emergency and medical staff arrived quickly. She had to be put on a ventilator and taken to an Osaka hospital. She remained in Critical Care until she was able to return to Hawaii on Oct. 25. The hotel staff also arranged for us to keep 2 rooms for an additional night. This allowed us time to find another accommodation nearby the hospital. We were supposed to depart for Sendai on Oct. 7 and Tokyo (from Oct. 8-12) but had to change our itinerary. Thank you very much Takuto Hotel!!

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Everything. Breakfast was beautiful and a lot of variety, the recommendations by staff, the teppanyaki dinner and its discount through this hotel only, staff, the keypad entering to our room (didn’t need to fuss over where to safely put a key or card) the location. Right next to the luxury branded retail shops and cars, shrines and the longest shopping alley. Easy access to train stations. Safest area but close enough for night life. Beds were like clouds, the bathroom was super clean. Smoko room down stairs. Favourite stay in all of Japan and we stayed at 4 different hotels in 4 different cities. Check in times are normal but we got to drop off our luggage early and leave our luggage after checkout till 10pm which was cool (we ended up getting an earlier bullet train ticket so got our luggage at 3pm)

clean

the breakfast is simple bread put in the refrigerator.

Location is wonderful, right around the corner from Shinsaibashi shopping street, apartment is fully self contained and huge with massive beads which is so rare for Japan. It included a kitchenette with stove, range hood, microwave, full size fridge/freezer, sink and bench space, which we didn't use but did use the washing machine and the shower room doubled as a dryer to hang all your clothes which was so handy when we were changing all clothes everyday because of the heat. I think I did 6 loads and dried them all in our room. Beds were nice, they were much softer than some of the other rock hard beds that are common in Japan so we got our best sleep at this hotel. There are only 3 or 4 apartments on each floor so it's super quiet. Each room has a balcony with drying rail too. There is a "menu" of different things you can hire from them and they can arrange dinner at a local Kobe beef restaurant which was delicious! It was also a steal! we paid under $1000 AUD for 4 nights in a huge apartment in a great location for 4 people. They also posted my daughter's lost toy back to Australia and received our luggage from our Tokyo hotel with no issues. I would definitely stay here again.