This is my second travel since the covid pandemic. As japan has amended the travel restrictions, people started to visit japan again and so did i :) here are some of my comments about the place:
Benefits😍
- the place is located 30secs away from Toritsu-Kasei Station (都立家政站). I literally leave the door 1min before the train arrives.
- there is a big convenience store (LAWSON) right down stairs. One cosmetic store (MATSUMOTO KIYOSHI松本清）right in front of the apartment. And 2 supermarkets 30secs away by walk. I would restock some goods and food every night before I go back to the apartment:)
- the neighbourhood is nice and quiet.
- the mattress and the beddings were clean and comfy!
- the apartment is spacious, we had no problem to open two big suitcases and a cabin-sized luggage at the same time.
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Drawbacks🥺
- Toritsu-Kasei Station (都立家政站) is sitting on Seibu Railway西武鉄道新宿線, you can only access the station by taking a train that stops at every stops (各停列車）, you CANNOT take any kind of express train (急行列車）to the this station. It actually increases the travel time and feeling quite inconvenient during the stay.
- the picture showed on the listings and what I see in reality is UNMATCHED… one of the reason I chose this place was because there is a sofa. But there wasn’t any sofa when we checked-in. The place was spacious, yet empty.
- the place was not clean. A used towel was hanging inside the toilet. The musty odour was surrounded in the toilet. Hair, dust, dirt was found inside every cabinet. ( I was looking for utensils, and of course, I couldn’t find any)
- lack of necessities, basically only 2 rolls of toilet paper, 4 towels, and toothbrushes were provided during our stay. Other necessities like hand soap, shampoo, or shower gel were either running out or not provided.
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Overall, this apartment has its pros and cons. If you fancy a quite neighbourhood, this apartment could be a good choice.