KEY Akihabara was a great traditional, but modern accented condo with an extremely comfortable bed and perfect location. It was an easy straight walk to Akihabara district and station.
Despite the staircase being slim, the room itself was spacious and the tatami rise in the room made for a relaxing spot to sit at after a long day of traversing Tokyo. Check-in was the fastest we ever checked in and the host on duty was extremely polite and helped carry one of our bags up the stairs. We also never needed the AC because there was little insulation in the room and the cold of Tokyo kept the room a cozy tempurature. Miki-san was kind enough to recommend a multi-day parking location for us considering most of the overnight parking in Tokyo is VERY expensive. It was extremely helpful.
Although we had a great stay, we marked it four stars:
*Each floor has a shared genkan where guests remove their shoes then enter their rooms; these are behind a large heavy metal door and if a guest isn't delicate with it, the netal door slams and is VERY loud. The neighbor in the room across from ours was not very polite with this door and it slammed a TON. This happened a lot at night while we were trying to sleep.
*We had a 5th floor neighbor in the bulding adjacent to us who kept their kitchen light on all night and we could not block out their light at all. The only sunshade was at the kitchen shoji window instead of behind the bed.
*The windows are NOT double glassed for sound dampening so the room at night is EXTREMELY loud in hearing the road below you.
*The wooden paneling on the wall of the staircase and the edge of the steps made for a dangerous ascent and descent. My husbands shoes kept getting caught on the lip of the staircase and had very little hand railing to grab the few times he almost fell.
Despite the four stars, we have already recommended this place to friends and family because it really was overall a great place to stay! Thank you again for having us!