Swissôtel Nankai Osaka
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is a hotel situated directly above Namba Station
Namba Station
-Layout:Midōsuji Line*an island platform and a side platform with 2 tracksSennichimae Line*an island platform with 2 tracksYotsubashi Line*an island platform with 2 tracks-Adjacent stations:-Surroundings:*Takashimaya*Namba City...

 on the Nankai Railway lines in Chuo-ku
Chuo-ku, Osaka
, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.-Diplomatic missions:...

, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan. The hotel is managed by the Switzerland-based hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts and owned by Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

History

On 29 March 1990, the 36-story 147-meter high hotel was opened as "". In later years, the management was taken over by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts and Swissôtel Nankai Osaka was established as the first Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts property in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Swissôtel Nankai Osaka facilities consist of a total of 548 guest rooms including Suite Rooms and Swiss Executive Rooms, 9 Restaurant & Bar, 18 Banquet & Meeting Rooms, Spa & Fitness and Business Centre. The Hotel is connected to Takashimaya
Takashimaya
is a large Japanese department store chain.Founded in 1829 in Kyoto by Iida Shinkichi as a retailer of used clothing and cotton cloth, the store now has outlets throughout Japan and also in Taipei, Paris and Singapore....

Department Store on 5th Floor.

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