We loved Taito area! This house is easily accessible from Kuramae station. You can easily ride the train to/from Narita airport. Our family of four managed fine with our luggage (medium-large hiking packs) on the trains at 5-6pm on a Friday. It was 4,000 yen for our fam of four so much cheaper than the reserved private car option.
We ran along Sumida River each morning. It was really nice to be able to work out. Plus, if you like body weight movements and jump roping, there’s space for that in the narrow street / alley in front of this house.
This was our first time in Taito and with a 12- and 8-year-old, the pace was perfect for us. It’s easy to get to many sightseeing things (by foot and train) but also very walkable. It’s not crazy on the sidewalks, there are many local convenience stores for easy items like eggs and bread, and there are many restaurants including Indian and many Japanese (we let our picky 8-year-old get McDonalds chicken nuggets one day).
We had a nice walk (30-minutes one way) to Ueno Park and visited the Bunny Cafe on the way back.
The house itself is very cozy and clean. There’s one bedroom with two comfortable twin size beds. This room has a loft that can sleep one adult (or two kids) on the loft on a futon. The second room sleeps two comfortably on futons.
Toilet and sink upstairs by bedrooms. Full shower/bathtub on first floor.
I will say, while the washer/dryer combo is very helpful, it took 2-3.5 hours to do a full wash/dry cycle (we are sizes men M/L, women’s S/M, youth L, and youth S/M). But a full load is much smaller than what US machines do. So turning around our workout clothes and regular clothing before we left to our next destination took planning. Also, they only have very basic English instructions for the W/D so in order to run the W/D continuous, you’ll need some Japanese comprehension (or YouTube has some good videos that will show you how to operate machines and show you the kanji). They provide laundry soap and body soap, shampoo, and conditioner but no location. Also, I did not see an iron.
If we stayed longer than two days, I would’ve brought some seasonings for cooking (I like to pack a variety of things in a pill pack). They provide instant coffee, tea, and sugar.
While we speak a little better than conversational Japanese, I think Taito is very English friendly and believe someone with little to no Japanese ability could manage just fine.
We hope to stay at this home again if we return to Taito.