The place was close to the subway, although it took us a long time to find the place since we got off at JR Shin-Okubo station. IT was a long walk from there, I guess, it would be good to include a detailed direction on how to get to your place. The room was very much sufficient as sleeping space. However, since Hiroaki and his mom actually live in the same house, we really did not have free access to the living/dining room and kitchen on the second floor. Even the bathroom and toilet on the first floor where our room was were used by the owners of the house. It was fine with us though since we were out the whole day. Hiro's mom was very kind to bring us gyoza for breakfast one morning. There were nice ramen and tonkatsu restaurants nearby, and the place is close to Shinjuku. Overall, the stay was okay but we expected that we will have free use of the other areas of the house. Hiro also kindly allowed us to bring the two umbrellas when we left since it was raining.