We stayed at ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka when we travel to Osaka and Kyoto.
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About hotel

It is one of the IHG group hotels, although it is named “ANA”.

That is because the hotel is co-owned with ANA.

The hotel is located in-between Osaka Umeda station and Yodoyabashi station, Osaka underground Midosuji-line(Red line).

The nearest station is Oebashi(大江橋) Station by Keihan Electric Railway, which is a newly built, clean one.

If you come here from Itami(ITM) airport, not Kansai(KIX) airport, you can :

Take the shuttle bus bound for HERBIS OSAKA

Osaka international airport station(Osaka monorail) -> change the train at Senri-Chuo(Midosuji line) -> get off at Yodoya-bashi station and walk

The hotel also provides a shuttle bus service between JR Osaka station and the hotel.

https://www.anacrowneplaza-osaka.jp/access/

https://www.anacrowneplaza-osaka.jp/access/pdf/acposaka_bus_timetable.pdf

You could walk from Osaka station though, it takes about 20 mins passing through Kita-shinchi where lots of “Kyabakura” are open at night time.

The room is like this :

It was clean, however not a new hotel.

The view in the room was not so good, as I booked with cash & points, also I’m not an elite member…

However, they let us in even though it was before check in time.

How to connect to Wi-Fi

You can select ‘CrownePlaza’ SSID.

No password is needed.

Speed

Uploading : 4.16Mbps
Downloading : 5.07Mbps
Good connection.

No problem for uploading and downloading images.

Conclusion

I used to live in Osaka and Kyoto in 2000, lots of things have changed since then.

I thought a little about whether I should become an elite member of IHG, but I gave up on the idea because it is not worth it.

There is less opportunity to use them and the benefits are less attractive for me…