9 Best Hotels in Osaka, Japan, to Rest and Recharge | Condé Nast Traveler

"Fair warning: if you’re a bore, don’t stay here. From the second you enter through the glittering, color-changing entrance tunnel (the hotel’s most Instagrammed spot) and into the neon-backlit elevator, you’re transported into an irreverent rainbow-toned playground. Your only goal from then on? To have fun. All but the smallest rooms have wow-factor floor-to-ceiling views of Osaka’s glimmering skyline, and each is furnished with its own cocktail bar for both pre- and post-outing tipples. With four restaurants, exceptionally photogenic guest rooms, and plenty of gathering spaces (there are DJ decks in the living room, by the pool, and even some of the suites), this is the place to be for the young and stylish. Smack bang in the center of fun-filled Shinsaibashi and just around the corner from nightlife hotspot Dotonbori, the W makes a playful, memorable spot to crash right in the thick of the action." - Melinda Joe