Backpackers Hotel Toyo

Everything about Hotel Toyo was great, I would go back again and again to this place

I felt uncomfortable in this space when we arrived. People sitting in the lobby area looking at us funny. The doors to the rooms were pretty flimsy and the room itself was not great condition. They informed us of their policy about locking the door to the building past a certain hour and changing the code every week. This made me wonder more about the safety of the area and when we looked it up my worries were confirmed. I was nervous to stay here or to even use the shared shower space. We ended up canceling our stay and booking a hotel elsewhere. That said, we did ship our luggage here beforehand and they did keep it safe in a locked closet. They did not give us any refund.

Everything was great except for the fact that my room was soo cold because there’s no heating. They did provide an electric warmer that I put under the blanket to stay warm at night, but it was really cold outside the blanket, so something to keep in mind if booking in winter. The shower also didn’t have any hooks which was pretty inconvenient. But other than that the place is cleaned every day, there’s train station right outside and a Family Mart and not far from Dotonbori. Staff are also very nice.

Nice accomodation

Great place, loved the area. Definately plan to come back to Osaka in the future and this is the place to stay for it in my opinion.