Four-star One MICHELIN Key Umeda, Osaka
InterContinental Osaka
A lobby on the twentieth floor of Grand Front Osaka, a few minutes on foot from Osaka Station, and Pierre beside it with a MICHELIN star held ten years running.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Rooms
- 272 rooms and residence suites
- Opened
- June 2013
- From the airport
- About 45 to 60 minutes from KIX, our estimate
The hotel
Twenty floors up at Grand Front.
InterContinental Osaka opened in June 2013 inside Grand Front Osaka, a new quarter of offices, shops, a convention centre and homes beside Osaka Station. It began with 215 rooms averaging more than fifty square metres, and 57 serviced suites of one to three bedrooms in the same building. Stone, wood and glass set the tone, with shoji screens and timber in the rooms.
Guests arrive at a lobby on the twentieth floor, with the city spread out below. Pierre, the French restaurant, sits beside it behind an open kitchen. Bathrooms have deep tubs set apart from the rain shower. Downstairs, a spa takes its cue from the old onsen bathhouses, and the concierge can book a tea ceremony or a morning with a blade smith.
- Pierre French cooking with Japanese produce under head chef Yoshitaka Shibahara. The MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026 gave it one star for the tenth year in a row.
- Pool and baths A twenty-metre indoor pool, a gym open around the clock and two warm baths in the manner of an onsen, one for sitting and one for lying down.
- By the station Osaka Station and Umeda are under five minutes away, which puts Kyoto, Nara and Kobe within an easy day by train.
Dining
French on the twentieth floor.
The star is from the MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026. Shown for information.
- Pierre One MICHELIN star French Head chef Yoshitaka Shibahara, beside the lobby
- Lobby lounge and patisserie Pastry and light dishes To eat in or take away
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- One MICHELIN Key 2026 selection
- Pierre, one MICHELIN star MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026, the tenth year running
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am.
- Children Welcome. Under-12s stay free in an existing bed. Under-16s may use the pool and baths from 9 am to 5 pm with an adult, and not the gym or sauna.
- Baths Guests with visible tattoos may be refused entry to the shared baths.
Getting there
Flying to Osaka.
Kansai International is about 45 minutes to an hour away by car, our estimate. Osaka Itami, for flights within Japan, is closer, at roughly twenty minutes by our estimate. Private jets use Premium Gate Tamayura, the business jet terminal at Kansai.
- Seoul 1 h 25
- Sapporo 1 h 45
- Shanghai 2 h 05
- Singapore 6 h 45 long-range jet
- London 12 h 55 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does InterContinental Osaka have?
- One, in the 2026 selection. It is one of seven one-Key hotels in Osaka.
- Is there a MICHELIN-starred restaurant in the hotel?
- Yes. Pierre, the French restaurant beside the twentieth-floor lobby, holds one star in the MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026.
- How close is the hotel to Osaka Station?
- Under five minutes on foot. The hotel sits in Grand Front Osaka, on the north side of the station.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Osaka?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Osaka, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Osaka
Other hotels worth the trip.
- The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka A walk from Osaka Station, with panelled corridors and antiques in the manner of a Georgian manor.
- Conrad Osaka High in Festival Tower West, with a bar on the 40th floor looking down on the river.
- Four Seasons Hotel Osaka A sail-shaped tower with a whole floor of tatami rooms on the 28th and the spa on the 36th.
- Patina Osaka A glass front hung with greenery, and an indoor pool that looks out over the castle.
- W Osaka A black facade by Tadao Ando on Midosuji, and a lit tunnel folded like origami on the way in.
- Waldorf Astoria Osaka Opened in April 2025 on the top floors of a tower in Grand Green Osaka, with interiors by André Fu.
Staying at InterContinental Osaka?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Osaka, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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