Alternate (ie far better) accommodation in Tokyo

Sharing with someone is a much cheaper way to stay in Tokyo if you're here for the long term. Here are a few sites....

http://www.sharese.com/new/top.html
http://roomshare.jp


If you're looking at guesthouses try:

http://www.jafnet.co.jp/plaza/

http://guesthouse-tokyo.jp/

A type of accommodation gaining popularity are social apartments. Japanese people also stay in these (unlike the rundown, dirty Sakura House accommodations that refuse to have Japanese tennants....) so you can meet and mix with native Japanese people. These places are very clean and definitely worth checking out. They charge the same as what the Sakura House mob do but provide far superior accommodation and service. I really hope these social aparments force guesthouse places like Sakura House to lift their game, and if they can't manage that they'll be out of business...

Check out the following article and links below

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20071012f1.html

http://www.social-apartment.com
http://j-amscourt.com/e-index.html