On Jun 23, 8:13 am, pellicleund...@hotmail.com (obakesan) wrote:
> Hi
>
> In article
> <33bd6e36-0ed6-4ceb-86d2-f0887fed8...@g16g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, "John W."
>
> <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >In the opinions of the esteemed folks here (and Declan), what do you
> >consider the best place to live in Japan and why?
>
> >John W.
>
> I liked bunkyo-ku inside one of the city blocks I was away from the road noise
> of the main drag, easy walk to Ueno (nice food / bars / drinks /
> camera and computer toyshops) and an easy bike ride to Akiba. Sure, getting
> out of an into Tokyo is a drama on weekends but for holidays away its only a
> couple of hours (if you drive) of pain. Higher prices in rent were offset (to
> me) by a quick ride to work on the chyoda-sen of no more than 30min.
>
If I had to pick a large-ish city in which to live it'd have to be
Kobe, particulary Kita-ku, but it's growing too crowded back there.
Still, it's surprising how some parts of that city (Suzurandai, for
example) have a really rural feel.

> Better (for me in IT) work oppportunities in Tokyo too.
>
Unfortunately I'm a hybrid worker - part software implementation
analyst, part implementation project manager, part QA analyst, and
part trainer - and I don't think there's work anywhere in Japan in any
field other than teaching or sitting around writing books on my own.
Then there's the whole 'wife doesn't want to live there' aspect.

John W.