This place is fantastic! The room is the perfect size for up to two guests, and smells pleasantly of tatami, as you might expect. I take two showers a day and didn’t experience any issues with the shower being unavailable for any extended period of time.
The hosts are incredibly friendly and helpful. Mr. T, who you’ll be interacting with the most, is a super friendly and really fun guy who is more than happy to give you advice and take you out for eats and drinks at local haunts. He even gave me free gifts of yogurt and local artisanal apple juice. I can’t say enough things about these guys! Also, the roommates who live there are also very friendly (a French couple and an Indian man lived there when I stayed, all very friendly and spoke English). Tateishi isn’t exactly in the middle of downtown Tokyo, but I found it in close enough proximity to all the major areas of the cities as to not be a terrible inconvenience. Additionally, it’s a quiet neighborhood, and most of the time the public spaces in the house are unoccupied (the kitchen/living room). All of this combined made for a warm and comforting welcoming to the big and exciting city that is Tokyo. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking to hang out with some fun and friendly locals!