We had a wonderful 10 days at Tokuaki’s place.
The location is ideal with only a 5 minute walk to the train station and the airport buses. The train gets you most anywhere you’d want to go pretty quick and without having to transfer. Toku’s sister even met us at the airport bus to show us the house. She even got us diapers when we weren’t able to find any in any of the convenience stores, pharmacies, grocery stores or department stores in Tokyo.
Lots of places to eat and check out in the neighborhood and a great playground 3 blocks away if you’re traveling with kids. Great grocery store in the train station.
We were initially concerned with the stairs and our 1 year old but Toku had a baby gate installed for us and snacks for the kids when we arrived. To block the upper stairs we opened the door to the laundry room and that worked perfect. There was even a place inside to park the stroller on the ground floor so we didn’t have to fold it up each day.
All in all it was a great stay and our only regret is 10 days doesn’t even scratch the surface of Tokyo.