Kid-Friendly Hotels in Omiya & Saitama: Walkable from the Station

When you look for a place to stay with children in Omiya or Saitama-Shintoshin, the hotels lined up in front of the station all seem built for business travelers, and it is hard to tell whether you can actually stay there with a baby or a small child. Omiya is a terminal where the shinkansen (bullet train) and local lines come together, and it is an area where every family has a different reason for staying the night, whether that is an event at Saitama Super Arena or a trip built around the Railway Museum.

All 7 hotels listed here are city hotels within walking distance of Omiya Station or Saitama-Shintoshin Station, so the two things that decide your choice are the co-sleeping policy and how well stocked the loaner supplies are. With a baby, the most dependable is Lef Omiya by Vessel Hotels, which lends cribs, bed guards, baby bathtubs, strollers, diaper pails, and even picture books and toys free of charge at the front desk, and there is a nursing room on the first floor. The "Welcome Baby Hotel" certification, a Japanese accreditation given to rooms genuinely equipped for infants, applies only to the Superior Twin and Superior Triple rooms, but the guest rooms where you take your shoes off and go barefoot suit the crawling stage well. 5 hotels lend cribs, and 2 have a nursing room.

For families who want to keep the walking short, Palace Hotel Omiya connects directly to the west exit of Omiya Station by a pedestrian-only deck. Cribs for babies under 1 are free, preschool-age children can share a bed with a parent at no charge, and on plans that include breakfast their breakfast is free as well. Hotel Metropolitan Saitama Shintoshin, right at Saitama-Shintoshin Station, is linked to the station by a roof deck so you never get wet in the rain, though its cribs are for babies under 1, limited in number, and need to be requested in advance. At Daiwa Roynet Hotel Omiya Nishiguchi, the bathroom has a separate washing area in the Japanese style with the toilet in its own room, and the nursing room is on the 14th floor, the same floor as the front desk.

Families who want a proper soak in a large communal bath can look at Super Hotel Premier Saitama Omiya Station East Exit, home to the natural hot spring Hikawa no Yu, or Candeo Hotels Omiya, which has an open-air bath and a sauna on the top floor. Both have only gender-separated communal baths and no private baths you can reserve, so bathing with a child of the opposite sex takes some planning. If you also want a tatami room and a private dining room, there is THE MARK GRAND HOTEL in Saitama-Shintoshin, which allows you to bring your own baby food, serves children's meals, and takes allergy requests. The one point worth confirming before you book is that the hot spring and pool inside the hotel are limited to children aged 3 and up who are out of diapers.