We were at Chie's house since 21-28 July, and she was very nice to us. We didn't have much time to communicate but you could ask her anything you wanted to know, and her English was very good as well. You can have a chance to stay in local area which what we really liked, it also convenient around her house, close to 7-11 and walked about 8 mins to JR train, about 5 mins to meteo train and so close to the hospital in that area.