Re: Why do gaigin leave Tokyo?
Ernest Schaal wrote:
> in article 3acngkF66e4neU1@individual.net, Wilson at hello@no.com wrote on
> 3/23/05 5:25 PM:
>
>>there's nothing worth seeing outside tokyo.
People don't just leave to go sightseeing, but also for quality of life,
family reasons etc. In the case of Aichi there is the economic lure of
higher disposable income in some fields.
>>gaigin who think they are more cultured just because they prefer kyoto
>>(or the countryside) are deluded. all jap cities are concrete hellholes,
>>but at least toyko does it well.
>
> Not only is Kyoto more interesting than Tokyo, so is Osaka, Kobe, Nagasaki,
> and a variety of other Japanese cities.
Historically, culturally, experiential aspects etc - there are more
interesting places than Tokyo. Even the nightlife in places such as
Umeda or Susukino is generally more fun than say Roppongi or Shibuya.
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