{"id":108259,"date":"2025-03-04T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=108259"},"modified":"2025-03-04T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:45:18","slug":"namba-oriental-hotel-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/namba-oriental-hotel-osaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Namba Oriental Hotel: The Perfect Stay in Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They like to do things in their own way in Osaka<\/a>. From the minute I arrived in Shin-Osaka Station after a very swift 2.5 hour Shinkansen journey from Tokyo, I felt a seismic shift in terms of atmosphere and attitude. The Japanese capital, even though I live there, can be quite snooty, overtly refined and pretentious. Osaka, however, is very much real, down to earth and genuine. As a Glaswegian, Osaka felt very comfortable and close to my childhood and upbringing in terms of urban personality and authenticity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though I\u2019ve lived in Japan for many years, I don\u2019t know Osaka. Also, importantly, I\u2019ve never claimed to know anything about this massive city which sits next to Kyoto and Kobe like an odd and often unexplored behemoth<\/strong>. I only know about Osaka from 1980s films like Ridley Scott\u2019s Black Rain<\/em> and from local novelists including Junichiro Tanizaki, Keigo Higashino, and Mieko Kawakami. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I came to the Namba area of Osaka to primarily stay at the Namba Oriental Hotel which is, perhaps, one of the most perfectly located hotels in Kansai.<\/strong> A few minutes walk from Namba Station and located within the vibrant Sennichimae Shotengai shopping arcade, Namba Oriental Hotel is a superb space to stay while in this Japanese city and especially since the Expo 2025 Osaka will be held from April 13 to October 13 of this year. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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