Haruko made us feel so welcome. We arrived at the train station and she came there to walk us to the home which is just a quick 10-12 minute walk from the train station. She prepared our room and we slept on the tatami mats which took a night to get used to but was comfortable. She even made breakfast and did our laundry which was so nice. Communication barrier was quite tough as she spoke limited english so we tried a lot of signing and google translate to help!