Mikako and Yuji are fabulous hosts who enjoy showing the pleasures of Japan to visitors.
Mikako is a very good cook and she provides an excellent start to the day with a modern Japanese breakfast, which inspires me to make some changes to my own, and sometimes dinner may be offered too.
Yuji's help navigating Tokyo's notoriously complex subway system was invaluable.
Their home is lovely and comfortable and the guest bedroom on the top floor is bright and airy and has a work desk for plotting out the day's travel plans online. Everything I needed was available (although I admit I ocassionally had a little trouble getting hot water in the bathroom sink but that's probably just my technical inadequacy with the Japanese energy-saving bathroom plumbing system that was new to me.)
Don't be concerned that the location is a residential neighbourhood a little beyond the prime tourist areas, a subway station is just 5 minutes away and you'll be connected to everything in Tokyo.
I had an absolutely wonderful stay with the charming and kind couple and I'm telling those who ask what the highlight of Tokyo was for for me is that it is Mikako and Yuji!