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Osaka Metro has launched a luggage hotel delivery service, ‘KoKoHub by Osaka Metro’, on December 13, utilizing smart lockers.
By leaving luggage in the smart lockers located at the stations, the service will deliver it to the lodging hotels by the evening of the same day. Lockers are available at Shin-Osaka Station and Honmachi Station on the Midosuji Line, and the delivery service is available for about 160 hotels within Osaka city. The deadline for luggage drop-off for the delivery service is 2 p.m.
The fee is 1,900 yen for a small size, 2,300 yen for a medium size, and 2,800 yen for a large size. The only payment method accepted is transportation IC cards. The smart lockers can also be used as regular coin lockers for temporary storage.