Lived here for a month in Tokyo. It is a great place in a neighborhood just off of the station. Ikebukuro itself is a fun mix of a very youthful district (anime, arcades, etc) on one side of the station and a more adult bar scene on the other. The room itself had everything you need to stay long term if you wanted to with a nice kitchen and bathroom. Yes, it has steep stairs going up, but it really only a bother when you are entering for the first time with heavy luggage, other then that its no problem. When I lost the key to the place I got a quick response. A great host, great place, great location: would stay here again.