I am Japanese and currently living in Japan, a region called Noto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMost of Japanese or people who live or used to live in Japan would say, \u201cit is so expensive to live in Japan!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I say, it depends on where and how you live in Japan. I guess I could say this to any other country as well, probably? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you consider Japan as only Tokyo, Osaka, and any other cities, it is very very expensive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you live in Tokyo, rent is more than $1000, $1500\u2026\/month In addition to that, if you have a car, parking costs around $200\/month, going out every other day for drinking with co-workers and friends would cost $50 every time, transportation costs as well\u2026 You at least need $2000 or more to \u201csurvive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, if you live in the countryside in Japan, rent could be super cheap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I move to a place called Anamizu on Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture from Tokyo area almost 6 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had to fix lots of parts but a first house’s rent started out $30, $50 and max was $100\/month<\/strong>. Now, because I live in a very huge house with 8 rooms, garage, barn, farm field, etc., rent is $250. Its garage and barn are even larger than usual houses or apartments in city areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, I just bought a house with 10 rooms, 2 garages (one with a barn and livable rooms), and farm field for a few thousand dollars. Its property size is 100m*100m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because its environment is surrounded by the ocean and small mountains, you could go with a \u201chalf\u201d self-sufficiency lifestyle as well, such as by catching fresh seafood and growing vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, some people may think, “isn’t life in countryside difficult?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n In my opinion, it just all depends on how you think and where you live or what kind of people you are surrounded by. I believe that people with US-based education background or who could express their opinions with a common-sense attitude will find it a lot easier to live in the countryside in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you may know, technology is exponentially growing rapidly everywhere. Of course, it costs you a bit like around $140 or so, to fly over to Tokyo, but it only takes 1.2 hours from my house. If you book it in advance, it only costs less than $100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am a freelancer, working remotely, and fly to Tokyo once or twice a month. A lot of people in Tokyo commute to their offices by trains everyday for 1 to 2 hours. In addition! during morning rush hours, trains are packed with so many people that its doors won’t even close! So, it is not that bad at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Current and future technologies will back up your lifestyle everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThere is an airplane that will take you to Tokyo within an hour, car, or any other transportation technology, the internet, share businesses, communication\u2026 and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n