The place is simple, and straight forward. There's nothing cute, or unique, or charming, in fact nothing really stands out about the place other than it's a good place to sleep. The size of the unique is actually quite large for Tokyo, which was nice. The bathroom isn't the greatest, as the light takes forever to turn on, and you get a old fashion toilet instead of the fancy smart bidet toilets all over Japan. This was the only trip where I've felt more comfortable taking a crap outside of the home, than inside of it, simply because the outside had nicer toilets. Strange feeling. The only other complaint we had is that the place had a smell to it that we couldn't pinpoint what it was. Was it us? Was it the place? We have no idea. We thought after doing a large load of laundry, including all the towels and bedsheets that the smell would be gone. Nope. Place still smelled. It wasn't... bad, so we didn't mind it. But it wasn't a clean smell either. Ultimately we put up with it, as we got used to it once we sat in there for a bit. But the place isn't what's great about this AirBnB. It's the area.
You are wedged in this tiny quiet area, inbetween two very big attraction areas in Ikebukuro. Before this trip, I didn't know much about Ikebukuro, but it's a giant melting pot of all the other districts in Tokyo put together. There's a big of fashion, a bit of otaku culture, a bit of drinking culture, there's animal cafes, maid cafes, large department stores. There's literally a little bit of everything in Ikebukuro, and the whole time, the area is booming. Ikebukuro station, which is one of the two closest stations, is the second busiest station in Tokyo short of Shibuya. It has a whopping 9 different train lines to transfer to at Ikebukuro station. Meaning you can get to almost anywhere from that station, so that's a huge plus. Shibuya and Shinkuku are also only a few stops away too, so that's convenient.
Then on the other side of you is Sunshine city, an unassuming mall that has the title "a city inside a city." On the outside it really doesn't look like much... doesn't look like there's a lot there. We thought we'd check it out for a few hours and ended up spending the whole day there. There's Namja town, which is a kids theme park, but houses a "gyoza alley" that sells Gyozas. Namja town is also connected to a really cool VR Arcade. There's the official pokemon store there, a Gibhli store, a small but relaxing and cozy rooftop aquarium, and a planetarium (that has really mixed reviews, so we didn't go), and then you can finish off the day at the Sky Observatory, a 60 floor high observation deck of Tokyo. Given, there's not much to see up there other than... Tokyo, but it's cool. After all this, you can literally walk across the street and you're home. Or go into Ikebukuro for some food, since it's full of food.
So the place? Nothing special. But the location? Amazing.