Yasu & Akiko's place was exactly as shown in the pictures and clean and neat. I may have misunderstood the concept of the common kitchen shared by several rooms within the building but we did not use it anyway. The location is very convenient to restaurants, theater district and Times Square. There was no problem with the local neighborhood and local businesses are accessible and good quality, whether bakeries, barbershops or laundry services. We did not meet our hosts but they were very responsive to text messages so our communication was timely.