We spent an excellent week in Kuramae, Asakusa, Tokyo hosted by Harumi-san. Our family of 4 enjoyed the stay in this riverside flat a lot. Harumi-san was very helpful even before we arrived and as we were a bit struggling with the exact location, she came to meet us to the nearest MRT station. The apartment was new, clean and comfortable. It provided all the needed for our stay and even some more as Harumi-san had also reserved some essentials for us in the kitchen. Wifi kept the teen/pre-teen happy also in the evenings :)

The location was also spot on for our needs. The neighbourhood in Kuramae is quiet and peaceful. Yet you can reach the busier places easily by train in short time. The apartment is in the 2nd floor and perhaps 40 m from the riverside and the view from the window is nice and relaxing with the water and the river cruise boats. The riverside is also perfect for morning runs (with plenty of local fellow runners). The area offers plenty of small convenience stores and restaurants as well.

One can spent a lot of time just in the walking distance from the apartment - Asakusa area and Skytree for example but as there are 2 MRT lines (Asakusa & Oedo) going just close by the rest of the city is easily at your reach. Area is easy to reach from the Narita airport as well, just one train change (basically just walked across the platfrom from one train to another).

For our purposes Harumi-san's apartment was a perfect homebase for our trips within and around Tokyo.