Dotonbori Hotel
Easy enough to find the hotel on the main Dotonbori stretch as it’s the only building in the area with four heads on the outside!
Check in was painless and the staff speak good English.
The room has to be paid for at check in. A standard double room is 12,000 Yen (cheaper rooms are available) This price included breakfast.
The room itself was very small but was extremely clean and came with everything you would need; free bottle of water in the fridge, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razor, toothbrush, toothpaste, alarm clock, a water boiler that doubled up as a humidifier, a yakata (Japanese pyjamas) and a hair dryer.
Interestingly the pillows were developed by NASA and did help provide a decent nights sleep. The air-conditioning was very welcome too!
Vending machines, microwaves and ice machines are available on most floors.
Any ladies staying at the hotel are given a 'Ladies Set' containing various lotions, cotton buds etc
Breakfast is in the form of an all you can eat bufet.
Lots available; burgers in a tomato based sauce, noodles, green salad, dumplings, bacon with broccoli, sausages, omlette, coffee, miso soup and rice
Check in from 3pm.
Check out 11am The hotel has four big heads on columns at the front.
The faces are an Aisan, an African, an Arabian and an Occidental.
Apparently you are supposed to rub your face with the face of one of the heads to share their special powers. (Friendshop from the Asian, health from the African, savings from the Arabian or success from the Occidental)
