It was really cool because it felt like I had a whole first floor apartment/studio in Tokyo to myself. Like yes it is a shared space with one other bedroom but from WHAT I EXPERIENCED the other bedroom is booked out to someone who works full time or is basically never there.
I really like the area because it is close to both a train station (Oyama) and the metro (Senkawa station). The metro was very convenient because both the Y and F lines can get you to a lot of places, they both also stop at a major station/area (Ikebukuro).
The area gave me a feeling of what Tokyo is really like and it felt really calm. I really appreciated coming back to this calmness each day after a busy / crazy day of touristy stuff.
The security features of the home were very simple and functional (swipe card for house and key for bedroom). This made me comfortable knowing while I was out my stuff was safe and while I was there I was safe. Bathroom is very modern and the dining room has a spacious four person table and is nicely decorated / lit.
The hosts are very nice and genuine. They are always nearby and able to be contacted (I think they live upstairs or nextdoor). Very nice family vibes. Like one day I didn't have much planned and they showed me around a bit, there was like this festival nearby during lunch time. There was more local type food and I think it was designed to teach people about what to do in an emergency, very cool.
Shout out to Hakkenden where I went to dinner often. Shout out to Itabashi Kōtsū Park. Shout out to Can*Do a 100Yen store at Happy Road Oyama Shotengai, the 2 drinks for 100Yen were legendary (i.e grape flavor mountain dew) and the hello kitty stuff on the second floor is really nice (I got a hello kitty wallet).
I think they should put a mirror in the bedroom because it was sometimes hard to figure out what to wear. Could maybe put a little study desk at the end of the bed to put laptop / devices on and a dim bedside lamp for reading.