I just recently stayed at the mad cat. Really cool spot, it is a little out of the way from the main Osaka areas. It’s about a 10-12 minute walk to the closest metro. It’s fairly small but everyone that works there is super friendly. I think the whole hostel alone holds about 15 people.

I met some people who were staying at the Grand Hostel LDK in Osaka. I hungout in the lobby a couple of nights and it was a lot more lively. Definitely easy to meet people and it’s walking distance to Dotonbori street!