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Bande Hotel is the Osaka backup when Seagull is full. The hotel lists 226 rooms in seven types, a 15:00 check-in and a 10:00 check-out, and its SUNRISE buffet opens at 06:30.
Breakfast served on site is the only thing it scores for beyond distance — about 0.6 miles from Tempozan by our pins. We couldn’t confirm the breakfast price, parking or whether reception is staffed overnight.
Phone before you book if you land late or plan to drive.
Book it if
- Your ship sails from Osaka and Hotel Seagull is full
- You want breakfast from 06:30 before boarding
- You want a plain room near Osakako Station
Look elsewhere if
- You want dinner in the building
- You need parking confirmed before you drive
- You’d rather walk to the gangway with bags
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Bande Hotel publishes and our own map estimates.
Beyond the SUNRISE breakfast buffet, we couldn’t find a restaurant or bar on the hotel’s pages, so plan dinner out. Skyticket puts Tempozan Market Place about 1.1 km away.
No ride is listed. Tempozan is about 0.6 miles (900 m) from our pin, and Skyticket puts it about 0.9 km away. With cruise bags, a short taxi beats the walk.
The SUNRISE buffet runs 06:30 to 09:30, last order 09:00, per the hotel. We couldn’t confirm the price or which rates include it, so ask when you book.
Tempozan is about 0.6 miles (900 m) from our pin, roughly 15 minutes on foot by our estimate. With luggage, take a cab. Check-out is 10:00, per the hotel, so eat at SUNRISE first.
We couldn’t confirm whether the hotel has parking or what it costs. Ask before you drive, and don’t plan on leaving a car here for the cruise.
Night-Before Score: 28 of 100
Points come only from the hotel’s own pages for rooms, times and breakfast hours; Skyticket, a booking platform, for the address, bathrooms and distance figures (confirm those); and our own map pins; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Bande Hotel sits in Chikko, a few blocks east of Osakako Station. By our pins it’s about 18 miles (30 km) from Kansai in a straight line and about 0.6 miles from Tempozan.
No hotel shuttle on the pages we read. KATE’s Tempozan stop is about 0.6 miles away: ¥1,800, about an hour from Terminal 1, last bus 17:10.
No ride is listed. Tempozan is about 0.6 miles (900 m) from our pin, and Skyticket puts it about 0.9 km away. With cruise bags, a short taxi beats the walk.
From KIX without a hotel shuttle
KATE’s limousine bus runs Kansai to Tempozan for ¥1,800 and to Kobe Sannomiya for ¥2,200; the Bay Shuttle ferry to Kobe Airport is ¥1,880.
We couldn’t confirm whether the hotel has parking or what it costs. Ask before you drive, and don’t plan on leaving a car here for the cruise.
Parking for your stay: Not confirmed; ask the hotel.
No ride is listed. Tempozan is about 0.6 miles (900 m) from our pin, and Skyticket puts it about 0.9 km away. With cruise bags, a short taxi beats the walk.
Flying in the morning you sail? Not off a long-haul flight with a same-day sailing; the airport page has the landing check.
Which terminal
Your documents sayOsaka sailings board at Tempozan Passenger Terminal, per the City of Osaka, about 0.6 miles (900 m) west of our Bande pin. Osakako Station sits between the two. If your documents say Kobe instead, you’re about 14 miles (22 km) from the wrong ship.
Source: city.osaka.lg.jpDistance
~0.6 mi to TempozanAbout 0.6 miles (900 m) from our Tempozan pin in a straight line, roughly 15 minutes on foot by our estimate. Skyticket gives about 0.9 km. Our hotel pin is an estimate from the address.
Airport bus
Not statedKATE’s Tempozan (Kaiyukan) stop is about 0.6 miles from our pin: ¥1,800 from Kansai, last bus from Terminal 1 at 17:10, per KATE.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedWe couldn’t confirm whether the hotel has parking or what it costs. Ask before you drive, and don’t plan on leaving a car here for the cruise.
In town
Terminal car parks, no cruise rateKobe Port Terminal’s car park charges ¥160 an hour, ¥960 a day at most, around the clock, per the City of Kobe — but no source we read says you can leave a car there for a voyage, and spaces can’t be reserved. We found no cruise parking published at Tempozan.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteSUNRISE serves a buffet breakfast, per the hotel. We couldn’t find a dinner service or a bar listed.
Breakfast
Breakfast: askThe SUNRISE buffet runs 06:30 to 09:30, last order 09:00, per the hotel. We couldn’t confirm the price or which rates include it, so ask when you book.
Address
Osaka · Chikko, east of Osakako1-6-5 Chikko, Minato-ku, Osaka
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Bande Hotel and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the breakfast price, and whether your rate includes it, parking, whether reception is staffed 24 hours, pets, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
The SUNRISE buffet runs 06:30 to 09:30, last order 09:00, per the hotel. We couldn’t confirm the price or which rates include it, so ask when you book.
Parking for your stay
Not confirmed; ask the hotel
Pool
None on the hotel’s pages we read.
Pets
Not on the hotel’s pages we read; ask the hotel.
Food and drink on site
- SUNRISEBuffet breakfast, 06:30–09:30
Rooms
226 rooms in seven types, per the hotel, more than the three a booking platform lists. Ask which one sleeps your party.
Accessibility
The hotel’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Seven room types, per the hotel
- SUNRISE takes its last breakfast order at 09:00, per the hotel
- 15:00 and 10:00 are the standard times; some plans set their own, per the hotel
- Bathrooms have a tub with shower, a bidet and a hair dryer, per Skyticket; confirm
- Skyticket’s 0.9 km to Tempozan and 1.1 km to the Market Place are approximate
Before you book
Worth knowing
- 226 rooms, 15:00 check-in and 10:00 check-out, per the hotel.
- About 0.6 miles from Tempozan by our pins.
- Parking and the breakfast price are unconfirmed.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The breakfast price, and whether your rate includes it
- Parking
- Whether reception is staffed 24 hours
- Pets
- Accessible rooms
Sources for this page: the hotel’s own pages for rooms, times and breakfast hours; Skyticket, a booking platform, for the address, bathrooms and distance figures (confirm those); and our own map pins. All read October 2026; each fact names its own source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, measured to the hotel’s own city’s terminal.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Bande Hotel: the Osaka/Kobe cruise guide and Osaka/Kobe as a port of call.
A short taxi to Tempozan in the morning.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Bande Hotel for the night before. No payment on the form.
Bande Hotel FAQ
How far is Bande Hotel Tenpozan from the cruise terminal?
About 0.6 miles (900 m) from our Tempozan pin in a straight line; Skyticket gives about 0.9 km. With bags, take a taxi.
Does Bande Hotel Tenpozan serve breakfast?
Yes: the SUNRISE buffet, 06:30 to 09:30, last order 09:00, per the hotel. Ask the price and whether your rate includes it.
What time is check-in at Bande Hotel Tenpozan?
15:00, with check-out at 10:00, per the hotel. Some plans differ.
Booking the cruise too?
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