Osaka Guesthouse Nest

Osaka Guesthouse Nest is a comfortable and well-maintained hostel with a friendly atmosphere and efficient service. Guests are often out and about in Osaka seeing the sights, but when they’re in the hostel they gather in the communal kitchen and lobby-level lounge, which has a flat-screen TV, two laptops, and large windows framing street views. The hostel draws a range of budget-minded international travelers who want basic accommodations for an affordable rate, and a convenient Tennoji location that's close to train stations. 

The Osaka Guesthouse Nest is on Japan National Route 25 in the Teradacho area of the Tennoji ward. Several shops, supermarkets, convenience stores, and restaurants are within a short walk. Teradacho Station is a three-minute walk, and Kubo Shrine is about seven minutes on foot. Shitenno-ji is often regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, and it’s a 10-minute walk from the hotel. It takes 15 minutes on foot to reach the east side of Tennoji Park, which contains the Tennoji Zoo (Japan’s third oldest zoo), Keitakuen Garden, the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, and Horishoki Shrine. Reaching Abenobashi Terminal Building (as of 2017, Japan’s tallest building) and observation deck, the Abeno Harukas Art Museum, Tennoji Mio Plaza mall, and Tennoji, Tennōji-ekimae, and Kintetsu Abenobashi stations takes five minutes by train or is a 10-minute walk. Major city attractions like the Dotonbori nightlife district, Umeda commercial district, Universal Studios Japan, the Tempozan Ferris Wheel, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, and Osaka Castle are between 20 and 40 minutes by train. Osaka International Airport is about a 25-minute taxi ride, or about an hour by train and Itami-Airport Limousine Bus. It's roughly a 50-minute taxi ride to Kansai International Airport, or about 45 minutes by train.

Osaka Guesthouse Nest has 32 units comprised of private rooms and dorms, with either bunk beds, regular mattresses on floors, or Japanese-style rooms with tatami mats and futons. Most of the rooms have a spare look, with bare walls, light-wood floors and furniture, and muted brown and blue bedding and curtains. The Japanese-style rooms have a bit more visual appeal, accented with light green, Japanese art, and paisley-print bedding. Dorms are mixed-gender and female-only, with bunk beds that have privacy curtains, electrical outlets, and lockers to stash valuables. All units have air-conditioning and free Wi-Fi, but they lack TVs and electric kettles. All guests share bathrooms with showers (no bathtubs) sinks, hairdryers, and toiletries. The hostel rents bath and face towels, and Japanese-style robes.   

As a hostel, Osaka Guesthouse Nest offers a limited lineup of features, with no food service or leisure facilities. The communal kitchen is a convenient spot for guests to cook meals, and it offers a full-size refrigerator, two electric burners, a microwave, coffeemaker (with free grounds for brewing), toaster, sink, cookware, and tableware. The hostel also has a coin-op laundry room, drink vending machines, two laptop computers, and lounge with tables and a flat-screen TV. Guests can rent Japanese-style robes, slippers, and bicycles. Luggage storage is available for a fee, but there's no charge for Wi-Fi. Staff is on hand 24 hours a day, but travelers are charged a fee for checking in after 1 a.m., and prior notification is required. There is no on-site parking, but nearby public parking is available for an extra charge.