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Our apartment, #501 at St. Paulia - Osaka Castle, exceeded our expectations. Our group included a 75 year old (me), a 51 year old, and a 21 year old - three generations. We started our ten-night trip in a pretty fancy hotel, then spent 6 nights in very nice local "chain" hotels (same approximate value as a Best Western Plus in the US). Then we figured we'd give a neighborhood apartment a try for the last three nights. The St. Paulia hit 2 of our 3 interior-condition musts with 5 stars: air-conditioning (it was July and over 90F every day, plus humid) and the best shower in the whole country. I marked down for beds - my grandson slept on a thin futon on the floor, which was OK by him but wouldn't have been for my daughter or me. The two beds were adequate - I'll leave it at that. We were tired. We slept. But the apartment's LOCATION is perfect. It is in a quiet neighborhood of high-rise apartments, across the street from a supermarket, close to convenience stores and the largest, fanciest McDonald's I've ever seen (we didn't go in but took a picture!), and a do-able walk to a couple good subway locations (even pulling our small suitcases). The terrific Osaka Castle is a fairly short walk away too - one of our favorite tourist attractions we saw in Japan. In short, St. Paulia apartment rentals are an A+ value overall, but the beds and bedding (and nothing else) led me to the mark-downs I made. We would go back. The owner's directions and follow-up were very well-done too.