Great hotel but need some improvement. Stay here for 2 nights in the junior suite. Very spacious, European style antique furniture. But some improvements need for the room like need some more cleaning on the ceiling fan inside the toilet. Some wallpaper comes out, some paint chipped and some black mark in some area from the wall and the ceiling. Hopefully they can speed up the construction to make their rooms looks better before the Olympics. There is 1 English channel CNN but most of the time speak Japanese override the English speaking which may not be good for the foreigners. The sofa and the bed is very comfortable and firm. Also there is a floor lamp underneath the small desk or cabinet chess between 2 beds which is a very Great feature when you need to go to the toilet at night without open the main light to interfere other people sleeping. For location wise. Is a bit far from the train station about 10 minutes waking. But there is shuttle service to and from takadonobaba station every 30 minutes and is free. Although the location is a bit far but you will definitely enjoy the silence of the hotel. 1 one thing which really impressed me is the exceptional hospitality one on one service from point A to point B. 1 of the staff greet us to do the check in process while we are offered to sit in front the reception desk. After the check in. The staff use the trolley to push out luggage into our room and also explain some detail on the room and wheres the emergency exit and so on...... I really like to say Thank You to Tanaka 田中. She even remember us on the next day and greet us with smile. I should give a thumb up. Other staffs are very nice and especially the hotel maids are very polite to greet you. For communication. I can feel that the staffs has putting their effort to speak with us in English therefore English speaking is not an issue at all. Our room is facing or most of the suites are facing the waseda garden which is own by the waseda university. We did walk thru the garden and looks very nice peaceful and quiet. Finished trying the breakfast. Lots of variety both Japanese and western. Food still maintain at least warm. There is coffee machine with a few choices of coffee. Best food for the breakfast is the omettle and French toast.