> I'm biased because I'm an outdoors person. I'd prefer to live someplace
> where I can hop on my bike and ride or go hiking/rock climbing without
> spending a good part of the day just getting to the place to do the
> activity. When I lived in Kobe I was a few minutes walk from great
> restaurants and bars, ten minutes from the main Sannomiya rail station,
> and only five minutes walk from some great trails and scenery. For me
> it was ideal.

Coming from a smaller city (pop 1.5 mil) with a very outdoor lifestyle I 
am more interested in a huge metropolis like Tokyo.

I have been outside Tokyo - I spent a week in Gifu-shi - but last time I 
visited Japan I got almost no opportunity to explore Tokyo.

Nature and scenery are not major novelties to me because I live amongst 
it every day.