We had a lovely 5-night stay and would go back in a heartbeat! Steve and Helga were great hosts, with thoughtful touches like fresh flowers and fresh fruit for our late-night arrival. The cottage is very nicely furnished (both in the furniture sense of furnished and the supplies sense of furnished) and it was easy and convenient to buy a few groceries and eat breakfast on the sunny balcony. Everything was spotlessly clean, and the bed was comfy, too.

The location is great, too, though we had a rental car and I'm not sure we would have been quite as enthusiastic about being in a mostly residential neighborhood if we had been exclusively on foot or on bike. Seriously, though: it was hard to motivate to do anything other than sit around on the sunny balcony drinking tea!

Two quick suggestions for future guests: if you're prone to cold feet, you may want to bring a pair of house shoes or slippers, since the flooring in the cottage is lovely but can be a little cold. And one of our favorite dining discoveries was the ramen counter at nearby Mitsuwa market. Yum!