Gallery Hotel DISTORTION 9

We paid ¥102,060 (about $1,130AUD) for two nights, and were bitterly disappointed given the price. We figured we would treat ourselves during our trip to Osaka, based on the lovely photos online - but soon found out that we'd wasted our money. The view outside the window is of the empty lot next door, which is full of dumped rubbish. The place is a converted shipping container, with cheap furnishing and incredibly poor insulation, so you are at the mercy of the outside temperature and the outside noise. There are 3 split-system AC units in the place, and we had all three going at once for many hours, and were still cold. They were working fine and blowing out hot air, but the container could just not hold the warm air and was filling with cold air from outside (even though all windows and doors were closed). I had a very bad sleep due to all the noise - the place is on a main road, so you can hear every single car and motorbike that drives past as if there were no walls at all. The beds are cheap, and there are no bedside tables so you will need to put all your things on the floor. One positive thing was the projector with Netflix provided, but without a comfortable lounge, we couldn't enjoy this as much as we would have liked. The "lounge" is just cheap seating and not comfortable to lay down on and relax. Another positive is the outdoor bath, but this might be the only thing I enjoyed about the place. All in all, I would say this is probably the equivalent of 2-3 star accommodation (3-star at absolute maximum), and we have certainly had a much more comfortable stay in 3-star hotels in Japan. We regret not just staying in a nice local hotel, which would have been much nicer and certainly much more cost effective.