It is as beautiful as the pictures suggest: spacious, clean, light and modern with a couch for reading that makes a big difference. It's in a part of Tokyo less commercial and quite than most of the rest of the city we were glad of after being out all day in the more frenetic parts of the city. We looked forward to preparing our meals there and it does have a fridge, microwave, hotplate, some cupboards and sink, but no surface on which to prepare food; the small surface on top of the hotplate us all there is. The bathroom is in a separate room outside the apartment and is unheated except for the toilet seat. It was quite chilly when we were there end of November, beginning of December. However, we found the mattress to be the biggest surprise--so firm that we couldn't sleep on it. We expect that Toshi, who tried to help us by providing two very thin pads that didn't make much difference, will remedy this problem for future guests as he was concerned when we exchanged e-mails with him and seemed genuinely interested in the well-being of his guests.