Waldorf Astoria Osaka sits directly in front of the Umekita underground entrance at Osaka Station, part of the Hilton group, with JR Osaka Station and the Haruka platform a three-minute walk away for airport transfers. Rooms opened this year, are clean, include a separate dressing room, and look out on the Yodogawa River and the Umeda Sky Building at night. Check-in is handled one-to-one, and several staff members are fluent in Korean. First-time visitors have trouble finding the hotel from the underground arcade, so follow the Lucua Grand Front Osaka signs.