This was my first experience booking on Airbnb. Both me and my partner were very impressed with Kawano’s family’s the prompt replies of queries as well as confirmation. Even before our arrival, they had been very helpful.

The location of the apartment is easily located with the help of the Kawano’s Instruction. Conveniently, it took us only 5 mins – walking distance from the train station (Tateshi). Along the way, you could see a lots of food and convenient stores – family mart, Lawson, 100 yen stores, 24/7 seafood place, supermarkets, street alley, ramen store, hidden takoyaki stall, arcade etc.

As soon as we arrived, Koji made a personal trip on our first day to make sure we settle in well. The hospitality he showed us was warm and friendly. Koji, whom can speak fluent English, showed us around the house, and gave us a travel guide book with map, food recommendations, interesting travel tips of what to see and where to go (everything filed and allowing us to use it as and when.) He made us feel very welcome in their amazing apartment. It was more like visiting a friend’s friend than staying at some stranger place. The most amazing part, we heard from Mr T that, the whole apartment was built from scratch by Kawano’s family.

The Wahuu Style Apt is exactly as shown as pictures; it’s clean, cozy, and spacious. The kitchen has everything stated – kettle, microwave, pans and pots, including Mayo, cooking oil, Tomato sauce etc for easy usage. Fresh Towels, Shampoo/Body Wash and even Washing Powder were provided. Washing Machine and Dryer on the ground floor are usable at our convenient. There is even a balcony for smokers. In additional, the Free Portable Wi-Fi + Charger are rental-free which you could bring it around when traveling in the City.

The location is relatively near to Ueno and Asakusa. On the other hand, it is quite a distance from the major towns – Ginza, Shinkuju, Shibuya, Shimbashi, Roppongi Tokyo Central, etc it would take about 30min – 45mins each way. For the adventurous ones, along with the travel guide book, you can easily map your route (Tateshi Station is connected to Asakusa (A Line) so it’s really convenient to find your way from there) or you may communicate with the friendly train attendants and get to your destination.

All in all, we love our stay in Tateshi (really amazing neighbourhood), and very much in Kawano’s family’s apartment – Wahuu Style Apartment. We highly recommend their apartments (ALL equally amazing) (It’s actually a building with 3 apartments - J’s, Wahuu and Cedar Apartment) for those who don’t mind traveling on Trains, adventurous ones who love outskirt, and amazing neighbourhood, this is it. We really want to thanks Kawano’s Family for the outstanding hospitality and leaving us such wonderful first airbnb experience. Till the next trip.