The host’s place is a far walk from train station (if you’re carrying lots of luggage). JR users, please look elsewhere - it is a pain to travel via JR pass and stop some 15-minutes walk away from the JR station. On top of that, depending on the train station you get off, be prepared to walk up steep slopes before arriving at your place. The host will send you a long document prior to check-in so that you can get to your apartment. However, from the train station I arrived at, the directions were inaccurate. The document guided me into a wrong turn - mind you that I was carrying a very heavy backpack and have just arrived from a 3-hours journey from Osaka and it was 10pm. I did not appreciate that after reflecting this to the host, I got a rather automated apology. During check-out, I wanted to leave my baggage in the apartment for an hour as there was an exhibition located at the National Museum of Modern Architecture that I would like to get to before making my way to the airport. The host did not allow this. The museum was only a 7-min walk away but I was not allowed to leave my baggage for one second longer after check-out.
It seemed to me that the host is hard on rules, sending you extensive guidelines on an incredibly long 40-plus page document. However, when it was time to peruse this document, it did not serve its purpose. Yet when I asked for an exception to leave my baggage for an additional 60-minutes, the document kicked into effect. Rather selective in its purpose. The document works when it wants to, and doesn’t when it doesn’t want to. Please proceed with caution.