Staying at Tania's homestay was in overall a pleasant experience. Would recommend it for the time you want to see west Tokyo (shibuya, shinjuko) and combining it with another stay in another area of the city. Finding the house is convienient from the 51 bus stop, just 2 min by foot and doable with luggage. The moment we arrived she offered to take care of our laundry, it was quite a home feeling for us travelers. Getting away and back to the city is a bit far and possible also by bus again (will cost 220¥ each time, unfortunately not connected to a metro/JR pass) or by train which is 15 min by foot (160¥ till shibuya station, where you can transfer to metro or toei). For us it was ok. But you should know this before and prepare (don't buy a metro pass expecting it to be good on the bus). As it says in the description of the room, guests can't use the kitchen to cook food, we missed this. The room has a microwave, a kettle and a fridge. But no place to sit and eat a meal (except on the bed..) cutlery or plates are present and can be helpful just for buying ready meals. Supermarket is pretty close by. We slept in the pink room, which is really clean, but pretty small. The bed also is kind of a teen size bed, so we felt it was too not wide enough for 2 people. There is only one chair in the room, so most of the time we sat on the bed (as the living room is also not accessible to guests, so stayed in room most of the time we were home- wasn't so much time anyway. I think the bigger room has a sofa). As for things to do around the house. The way to the train station has some REALLY nice restaurants, very different from the city (more expensive but delicious), which we really enjoyed. Enjoy!