This hotel does a lot of work with a small space, yielding good value for budget travelers. You can be safe and clean in the center of this vibrant bustling city for a price far below nearly any city in Europe, the USA, Australia or NZ. In exchage for living in a very compact room (or larger if you pay extra for more beds) you get: Clean premises and new or like-new functional elements, & an ice machine (or "ice engine") is available. Nearby, you may want to explore a spectacular Buddhist temple. Also in adjacent streets there are many varieties of restaurants and izakaya, self-service coin laundry in the hotel or on a nearby street, museums and many excellent transportation options to get around and beyond Osaka. Efficiency and automation are the key to this hotel, and the staff will help you competently in Japanese or English if you need help. This neighborhood is part of an area once known as regional hub for pharmacy companies, a tradition still carried on by some large pharma companies today. As a result, the neighborhood hosts relatively well-paid professionals, but not as many tourists as the famous districts in Osaka. The vibe is business/professional, tidy quiet and well-organized. I saw two police officers on bicycle patrol, a wonderful example of simple and efficient solution to the problem of solving the final 5 percent of social problems in this city that effective cultural education and personal citizen responsibility do not fully cover.