My family and I had a family emergency to attend near by for the weekend and we were in a hurry to find a place that was pet friendly within a week. This place was one of the only places around that allowed dogs to stay with a very good accommodation price. However, the cleaning fee of 9,000yen is way too expensive considering we had to do most of the cleaning before we checked out. I've never stayed at an airbnb that asked us to take the bath towel, bath mats and pillowcase to the laundry by ourselves. Considering the cleaning fee was 9,000yen and our stay was around 8,000yen for two nights, it was unfortunate that the cleaning fee was more expensive than our stay (the 9,000yen cleaning fee didn't include the additional 6,000yen we paid for our dog to stay at the accommodation for those two days). The instructions for the check out process was vague and not very clear, so we actually took about an hour cleaning everything and making sure everything was done according to the check out rules before we left the place.
The place is really nice and the neighborhood is in a good location, but after seeing the price of the cleaning fee and how much I had to do the cleaning before I left, I'm not quite sure if I want to stay here again. It's really too bad because we really liked the house and the location. Maybe if the cleaning fee is reduced for short term stays and I was really in a hurry to find a place to stay, I will consider here again.