Kaori and her home is a wonderful place. She welcomes a lot of international guests, so you will often meet other travellers also visiting Japan. If you stay for longer, you can really become integrated into everyday Japanese life.
This unit is very spacious for a Japanese apartment. There is plenty of room and could comfortably fit two-three people. The kitchen is well equipped with lots of pans, pots, two burners, and sharpened knives!
The toilet shares the same room as the shower so the floor around the toilet gets wet, but Kaori provides a lot of towels, so you can easily spare one to wipe up with.
The bedroom has futons, an AC unit, a large television with a Wii and WiiFit board, and a Japanese style table.
This unit is very close to Narimasu and Chikaketsu narimasu station, about a 3 minute walk. It's very easy to take a train into the main parts of Tokyo, or to travel from or to the airport (both Haneda and Narita). About 230Yen on the Tobu semi-express, 10 minutes, to Ikebukuro.
There are lots of great shops really close by! Kaori lists Seiyu as a grocery store, but we also recommend Gyomu for cheap meat, condiments, and frozen vegetables. A 20 minute walk away is our favourite sushi chain, Sushiro. Also nearby is a Daiso, Starbucks, Tully, Dotour, great taiyaki (Narimasu station), a Mode-off (high quality second hand clothes for 200 yen), and lots more.
We highly recommend staying here if you can! The location is excellent, and Kaori and her friends will make this an unforgettable experience.