Guest House Hana An — Hotel in Tokyo

This is the place for those on a budget or for those who don't mind roughing it a little. Tokyo is very expensive and for our final three days in Japan, we reserved a large room here at the Hana An Guesthouse. We were pleasantly surprised. This is an old house recently turned into a guest house. Each room has either traditional Japanese futons placed onto tatami mat floors or custom-built bunkbeds. There are a total of 5 rooms for rent here. There is a common kitchen on the first floor that is immaculately clean. There are two shared toilet rooms and a shared shower room. Each of these locks from the inside when one person is inside. Though my wife and I traveled with two teenage daughters, neither we nor our daughters had any concerns about the place. It was for sleeping, and we were fine with the clean, no-frills approach. We met the other guests. They were from Korea, China, or the United States. The owner, Kaoru, speaks no English, so her daughter handles the reservations and communication. Both were responsive to our questions, though one should bear in mind that this is not a hotel and that there is no front desk. Much of it runs on a trust system. There is an old-school public sento (bathhouse only a block away), there is a laundromat a block away, and the Kanamachi train station is no more than a 10-minute walk. There are tons of restaurants, stores, and convenient stores in the area, plus the ubiquitous vending machines on every street corner selling soda,...

Hana an is 6 minutes by foot from the nearest Keisei Kanamachi station, in a north east part of Tokyo.|| keisei Kanamachi is easy access from Keisei Takasago station where both Keisei Line limited express and Sky Access Line from Narita Airport stop.|| (I was lucky not to need going to central area with my heavy baggage.)|| Tokyo Sky Tree is just 15 minutes, Just 10 minutes to Yotsugi where is home town of football animation ”Captain Tsubasa”, each by train. ||If you'd like to go to the central area (for example Tokyo Station), JR Kanamachi station is also convenient.|||| This guest house was reformed and opened in 2015 keeping atmosphere of typical early Showa era style wooden house.|| It's calm day and night around the house cause of in a residential area.|| Guest rooms are small though, clean and comfortable, as well as beds.|| Shared toilets and shower rooms are separated as Japanese style.|||| Don't worry about foods. You can find local restaurants, fast foods, Izakaya, convenience stores, supermarkets or Starbacks Cafe around Kanamachi Station. (金町製麺 Kanamachi Seimen is recommended!) || The affordable cafe is next door of the house, and you can buy some delicatessen in a meat shop in front of the flower shop.|||| The owner is very friendly and helpful. I'd join cooking experience of Japanese food in the guest house, when...

I would like to say Thank You to Ms Hana to welcome me to the house during my stay in Japan in the conference at the university of tokyo science! I choose this place because it is super near to my university and my presentation at this university! The plus point: location is perfect with plenty of laundry( please prepare coin for cleaning and dry) Near 7/11, family mart and local good restaurants just 3 minutes walking and super good coffee shop as I posted the pictures below( the coffee shop named Mao) Super near the public bathhouse ( I like this alot and post the pictures below for your consideration when visiting this place) 7 minutes walking to the station for traveling around tokyo The ramen is super local and near the station, please enjoy the ramen shop at the department store opposite to the station and some pizza places for pineapple pizza near the house, I like this a lot! Using the tunnel to come to the university and buy cosmetics , skincare things with tax refund at the Tod store and have decent sushi nearby! The bad point: the room super small, shared toilet and bathroom and sink! Very noisy if you stay with noisy people in the next room! The smell of the toilet is bad, eventhough it is clean but it still has smell Room too small for me to put things...