If you want to experience the best and hidden parts of Japan, I highly recommend staying here with Hiro. An amazingly helpful and kind host, he will go above and beyond to help you. When we arrived, he picked us up from the station and showed us the way to his house. Only about a ten minute walk from the station, it’s a traditional Japanese home in a quiet area. The house is in a really interesting district of Tokyo called Kōenji.
There’s lots of places to eat and bars to drink at and loads of great little second hand shops. The nightlife in Kōenji is also something else. Hiro took us out to dinner one night and showed us around. He gave us lots of advice about living and working in Japan. He also has two really cute cats which is also a big bonus.
He deserves more than 5 stars for everything he did for us. Thank you Hiro, you were the best host we've ever had!