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Tiger Beer
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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: Where in Japan is your IDEAL preference for where to live? |
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I'm in Northern Honshu.
Ideally, I would like to live in the Tokyo/Kanto region. |
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Mapleblondie
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| If I had my preference, I'd LOVE to live in Nishinomiya or Takarazuka again (in Hyogo, pretty close to Osaka). The people there are fantastic, and I have a bunch of foreign and Japanese friends, as well as my old university in that area. Luckily, ECC said I have been placed in "Osaka or surrounding areas", so I am hoping that I won't be too far away from there. But Japan is just pretty great overall, so I'm sure I'll enjoy wherever I'll be placed. |
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Apsara
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Okinawa, but my second choice would be right here in western Tokyo, 10 minutes out of Shinjuku- it's a great location.  |
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AndyH
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| If I could live anywhere in Japan, and not have to worry about having a job or the cost of rent, it would be a tossup between Kitami, Hokkaido (where I spent my first year in Japan), or the Shitimachi area of Tokyo. I kinda miss my old neighborhood (where my wife grew up and her parents still live) in Chiba Prefecture, too. |
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Lyrajean
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: going to Okinawa
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| Apsara wrote: |
| Okinawa, but my second choice would be right here in western Tokyo, 10 minutes out of Shinjuku- it's a great location. |
Really? Will trade.... Just kidding...
I think summer here sucks; its just too hot and the schools I work at have little or no aircon!
Anyways were I to move I'd choose Himeji, Kyoto or Sendai area. Mind you I've only seen the 1st 2 so this kind of a where I would live if I had my choice, not where I would live 'cause I know I like it. |
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Apsara
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure it's hot there, but a 39 degree day in Tokyo where the heat is radiating at you from the concrete on all sides as well as above is a hell which has to be experienced to be believed, as is being crammed into a Yamanote Line carriage with hundreds of sweaty salarymen on the same kind of day- I just can't see Okinawa being that nasty, no matter how hot it gets! |
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Tiger Beer
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Tokyo AND Okinawa both sound interesting.
I haven't been to Okinawa, but I have seen photos of the beaches, and looks gorgeous aka Philippines/Thailand transparent water and sandy beaches kinds of places! |
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Yawarakaijin
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Location: Middle of Nagano
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| One of the coolest vibes I ever got was from Hiroshima. Great bar and cozy little live music scene. The city, somewhat ironically, is absolutely beautiful. The people and food were quite nice, all while maintaining a Vancouveresque type atmosphere. |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| I also remember thinking that if I were going to live in a smaller city then Hiroshima or Himeji would be nice- both very pleasant cities. |
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AndyH
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Ideally, I'd spend summers in Hokkaido and the rest of the year in the Tokyo area. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Kanazawa was a great place to live. Sendai was very nice, too.
However, I can't imagine moving away from Tokyo; There's no city like it in the world. |
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Speed
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
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Location: Shikoku Land
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: Chiba? |
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| AndyH wrote: |
| ..... I kinda miss my old neighborhood (where my wife grew up and her parents still live) in Chiba Prefecture, too. |
What was it about Chiba that you liked? And exactly what part of Chiba were you in? |
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Miyazaki
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Where in Tokyo would you like to live?
Ebisu - anyone live in that area? |
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AndyH
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: Re: Chiba? |
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| Speed wrote: |
| AndyH wrote: |
| ..... I kinda miss my old neighborhood (where my wife grew up and her parents still live) in Chiba Prefecture, too. |
What was it about Chiba that you liked? And exactly what part of Chiba were you in? |
It wasn't so much Chiba itself I liked, but rather, the friends I knew. The prefecture lacks a lot of the charm of Kanagawa and the natural beauty of Hokkaido, but it does have some nice, quaint places (Sawara and the Boso Hanto), and where I lived and worked ( Yachiyo/Sakura) I was only 45-60 minutes from the heart of Tokyo, by train. |
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AndyH
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| southofreality wrote: |
Kanazawa was a great place to live. Sendai was very nice, too.
However, I can't imagine moving away from Tokyo; There's no city like it in the world. |
I agree with you. I've been away for over a year now, and I really miss it. |
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