Staying at Hirano Sans top floor apartment gives a great view of residential Asakusa. Authentic Japanese neighbourhood with an insight into the past, Asakusa is a wonderful place to start from with temples locally an a 15 minute walk to Asakusa subway with local busses 2 minutes away.
We enjoyed walking the streets and seeing the locals getting about their lives and talking photos of the local buildings.
I suggest buying a Tokyo wide train pass for about 10,000 yen which gives access to the JE East lines and Shinkansen (bullet train). With this pass we went to MtFuji as well as other locations Tokyo wide.
I highly recommend You stay here if you want an authentic taste of Japanese culture and after our 2nd stay now, Tony is a fine man whose English is very good, he and his wife helped us enjoy our stay.