On Jul 14, 3:55 am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
wrote:
> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
> has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> >Even a highly urban area such as Aichi, has extensive areas of
> >mountainous terrain that is mostly devoid of people.
>
> 82% of Gifu's land area is in fact uninhabited mountain or forest terrain. It's
> quite easy to drive up into the midwestern and northwestern parts of the
> prefecture for two, three solid hours without seeing another human.
>
Ditto for Hyogo. The corridor between Himeji and Kobe are a bit
congested, but it doesn't take long to break free. The drive along the
Japan Sea between Matsue and Kinosaki is beautiful and, outside of the
areas around the handful of towns, it's been wide open every time I've
gone that way.

John W.