When we first arrived in Narita airport, Michi was kind enough to communicate with us and meet us at Okubo station; she also sent us pictures of the route to her home and also a Google Map explanation on how to use the public transportation on how to get there. The place seemed nice at first but we were disappointed becuase there was a slew of problems with the place: 1) the pocket wifi was set at extremely low speed; even 2 people on the network strained connectivity; it was also at only 40% charge when we arrived 2) the swiffer mop was broken on arrival 3) electricity went out one night and the host took over 45 minutes to get here and didn't give us an ETA 4) AC was dripping water over one of the beds one nice 5) the tub and sink share a drain so the water drains especially slow but one night it took over 3 hours to fully drain the tub after a shower, NOT, bath 6) the host took a relatively long time to respond to texts, I personally would expect people to respond within 10 or 15 minutes if they're hosting someone (knowing that they could be contacted at any time) but I would end up having to call her in order to get an answer. Maybe I was just the odd-one-out but our experience was sub-par of my previous airbnb experiences.

Some good things thought: 1) super close to OKUBO and SHIN-OKUBO, so you can ride the Yamanote line to S-O if you don't want to change to Chuo Local line from Shinjuku station. The stations are on the same street and probably adds an extra 7 minutes of walking (400m apart). 2) There's a lot of (affordable) food options arond the apartment 3) distance to shinjuku station is walkable, but definitely not as close as Okubo station 4) you get a view of the city in the hallway to the apartment