I stayed at the Asakusa Shigetsu with 2 friends for 1 nights in June 2010 and was please with our choice.

Location:
Good. On a small side street 5-10mins walk from station. Close to local sights.

Apperance:
Small, clean and tidy.

Staff:
Excellent. Helpful and accomodating. Good level of English. Made restaurant reservations for us and assisted when we locked our key inside our room!

Rooms:
Traditional Japanese. Clean, comfortable and large enough with private bathrooms and TVs. Shared onsen with good views also available.

Value for money:
Good.

I would recommend this hotel for anyone who needs a base in Tokyo.

It is right next to Asakusa temple - perfectly located for sightseeing, and a bit of souvenir shopping. You can reach central Tokyo in 15 mins.
There are plenty of Japanese restaurants nearby.
The rooms are quite roomy and the communal bath with overview of the pagoda deserves surely a visit.
The staff speak fluent English - a plus in Japan.

We stayed here for a number of nights in April and for various reasons we stayed in 3 different rooms. Be sure to ask for a corner room - they are a bit bigger than the interior rooms and that little bit of space makes a difference. We stayed one night in the suite - it was GREAT, very spacious. This inn is very well located, just off the pedestrian area of Asakusa. Lots of lovely eateries (try the sweet potato shop a few blocks away! Yum!) and people watching at your doorstep. Convenient to the metro, also to the trains at Ueno. Really, the only downside was the size of the interior room, but it's Tokyo, so what do you expect? The price is great, the staff is very friendly. The baths are nice, the beds are comfy. I would highly recommend.

Stayed at this ryokan for 5 nights the location is excellent
easy to find and navigate for transport
it is in a more nicer part of tokyo plenty of eateries and places to see surrounding the ryokan
the staff were very hospitable
however we did have some bed bugs inspite of the room being very clean
the public baths were very nice to relax in
cant really fault this ryokan very traditional japanese
would stay here again and highly reccomend it
the only draw back is strict policy you are not permitted in your room between 10.30 and 3pm due to ryokan being closed for cleaning this can be a problem if you would like to go to your room for a rest or travelling with children