Our stay at Midori's place was quite nice. The place is small (as expected) but had all of the essentials. A bit of a walk from the train station (5 min?), but not too bad. The street is much quieter than some of the closer streets. I definitely recommend the location over staying in Kabukicho, which is quite seedy at night.
A binder to figure out how to use all of the Japanese appliances would have been nice - perhaps it will be there for people in the future!