We stayed at Takeshi’s place on the tail end of our trip to Japan. We had a wonderful stay. The house was well tended to, the heaters work well to keep the upstairs and downstairs warm during the cold months, and the hosts were very helpful and attentive. They made sure when we were checking out that we were headed to the right train station to get back to Narita airport, and even gave us a ride to the train. A note for those traveling with children: the house is in between two train stations so it’s a bit of a trek to get there if you’re walking with suitcases after a long day of travel. Definitely hail a cab if you can, and grab groceries or food on your way there. There aren’t a lot of restaurants directly around the house, but we found a really good yakiniku restaurant serving marinated grilled meats south east a couple blocks tucked into an alleyway past Sotu restaurant, and if you walk east towards Kameido station there are more food options.