there's always these weird announcements
sometimes they announce like missing old
people it's kind of creepy hey guys
welcome back to my channel your virtual
ticket to Japan so today I'm going to be
talking about the best place to live in
Japan throughout my years of living in
Japan and study abroad and all that
stuff I live just so many places I just
wanted to share my feelings of my
opinions about them maybe other people
have different opinions but this is just
what I've experienced and what I feel
would be the ideal place to live
everybody's different everybody has
different preferences and different
needs and wants and things like that so
I just wanted to share my thoughts and
my experience alright so the first time
I came to Japan I was a high school
student so I lived here for about four
months went to high school and excuse me
I had my tea here so I lived in Shiga
when I first came in Japan I was in high
school I studied here for four months in
high school before I graduated and I
absolutely loved it it was the best
thing ever so I feel like I have this
particular attachment to the she got
area this is a big rock a Koksijde Toho
second-years our first Lauren 30 years
in the second floor we're heading back
to the library okay goodbye the southern
part of Japan is the most Japanese it
has the most history it has the most I
don't know how to explain it though an
old feeling like a very historic feeling
and I love that vibe I studied a lot of
Japanese history and you know folk
folklore and all that stuff so I really
really loved the southern part of Japan
just because it was the most job Japan
to me and maybe it was because I was a
high school student there and was my
first time living in Japan and that's
where I am naturally drawn to now if you
are looking for a place that's a
little more Anaka let me call it a
little more countryside a little more
historic lots of shrines temple museums
things that you would not particularly
see as much if you lived in the north
I'm going to go for somewhere in the
south so places like Hiroshima or
anywhere in Shiga honestly Kyoto is more
of a city vibe
I think it's slowly transitioning into
more of a Tokyo vibe to me but it's also
very touristy so if you don't like to be
in the tourist type area I think Kyoto
might not be the best but Kyoto has a
very historic vibe still and they're
preserving a lot of things and I think
that's really great about Kyoto I love
seeing the shrines and the temples in
the history but it is very touristy so
it's like not a place that I would want
to live she goes a little bit more
countryside which I like but it's also
very convenient so when I lived in chika
I also lived in Hakone a known for its
mascot Hakone on the cat sambar I loved
it I loved living there there was a lake
called Lake Biwa
I was very nature II it was like that
cross between nature and and City so
that's something that I that I'm really
attracted to so if you really really
want to be in a place that's also
convenient because he connais was not
very far from Kyoto is only 20 minutes
away from Kiko name so if you want to
live more in the countryside you want to
be close to cities like Yodo or Osaka I
prefer to live in like the sheikah area
it has so much me I would love to move
back there I would have no problem with
that
very historical like with this building
it's so old
so we're going to do a poll right now
and this is the biggest temple on this
island here too but there is a lack of
opportunity so if you have a goal in
mind and you want to get a job in a
specific area like IT or modeling or
something like that I would not choose
that area I think it's a very great
place to raise kids it's a great place
if you don't have a lot of allergies if
you have a lot of allergies I probably
would not want to live there I don't
think it's as convenient when it comes
to like hospitals and english-speaking
doctors and things like that so let's
recap a little bit if you want to live
in the South in the sheikah area Kyoto
area Osaka area is the most convenient
place to live you can access both the
nature and the city life there's a lot
of history involved historic places to
visit museums and things that you
probably may have studied in Japanese
classes if you have taken them or
history classes or whatever I think it's
a very educational place to live and
yeah you can experience a lot so I
highly recommend if you prefer a place
like that another place that I live it's
when I came back to Japan was al Mori
and that is in the north of Japan the
very very tip of the Honshu region
closer to Hokkaido it's very very cold
up there whereas the south is very warm
if you like warm weather I forgot to
mention if you like warm weather I would
go for the south if you like cold
weather and you like snowboarding and
doing all sorts of snow sports and
skiing and all that stuff I would go for
the north of Japan and the North has a
lot of histories as well Japan is full
of history full of things to see and do
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emori I lived in Quito sucky Hirosaki is
very gorgeous it has probably my
favorite castle that I visited in Japan
almost like I would call it like people
in the jet program would call it like a
fake city because it was so tiny like it
was so small but it tried his best to
act like a city it was very convenient
but it's very isolating so at the time
they didn't have a train going into owl
Maurice so I would have to take a plane
if I wanted to go anywhere but now they
do have a train which might be a little
bit better but when I lived there was
very isolating there's a lot of older
people there's more there is more nature
but the summers are very short and the
winter's are very long so I didn't
particularly enjoy it that much just
because I'm from Michigan and I am sick
of the cold I wanted to get away from
that so it felt a lot like Michigan to
me but I want to say that owl Mori has
the best festivals that North has the
best festivals in general not just al
mori there's a lot of cool traditions
that they do in the north and I think
it's very ideal for types of people that
love to just party in a traditional
cultural Japanese way so the other thing
about al Mori and the north of Japan
that I love is the nature oh my god the
nature is probably the most beautiful in
Japan I would have to say if you wanted
to live somewhere in the north of Japan
and you love nature you love hiking you
love like I said snow sports and things
like that or sports in general the north
is the place for you
again there's not so much opportunity
there so if you want to be a model if
you want to find some corporate job or
position Oh worry or the north I know I
keep saying I'm worried but that's where
I used to live it's probably not for you
but I might have some clips from when I
lived there I don't know I remember I
filmed a video about my apartment in a
l'amore the rent is so cheap in the
north so cheap like my apartment was
9,000 yen a month and you can find
bigger and more
dirtiest places for cheap in the north
so if you want to find someplace cheap
to live very much in nature and
countryside I would go for the north and
you like sports and the cold that's the
best place to live for people like you I
forgot to mention the only place in
Japan that has a difficult dialect to
understand as al Mori if you're studying
Japanese owl Mori is not the best place
to live this is only an owl Mori other
places in the North speaking a dialect
similar to other locations in Japan
although you'll find each part of Japan
has a specific way of speaking I haven't
lived everywhere obviously so I'm just
stating opinions of where it lived but
I've lived in the south in the north and
now in the central part of Honshu which
is Tokyo I want to say something about
Tokyo so Tokyo is very busy
it's very tactful of people not the best
for people with anxiety like me so if
you have anxiety depression stress I
highly discourage living in Tokyo I have
gotten used to it and I still enjoy
Tokyo because I feel like Tokyo has a
lot to offer if you want to live here if
you want to level up in your job and in
your career Tokyo is a place to be I
think it's a great place for events and
parties and meeting new people there's a
lot more foreigners here it's a very
touristy still but I love meeting people
from all around the world I have friends
from Russia I have friends from England
I have friends from Australia I friends
from everywhere and I love that part of
Tokyo you'll never be bored
I feel like Tokyo there's always
something to do there's always something
going on there's always stuff to see and
do and I just I never have gotten bored
in Tokyo but the rush of life and the
madness of life here in Tokyo is
draining my energies a lot and I just
really need to kind of get away from
that so if you want to be a model if you
want to teach English if you want to do
anything here I would highly recommend
Tokyo if you like the city life if you
like going out all the time partying
whatever like there's always something
to do if you're very social
and if you don't mind the crowds and the
packed trains and things are generally
far away so it takes me about 40 minutes
to get to work each day so if you don't
mind long commutes and high rents then I
would recommend Tokyo it's very
expensive to live here it's not the most
ideal but there are places like Yokohama
and Chiba which is actually where we
live is in Chiba so we live on the
outside of Tokyo but it's easy to get
into Tokyo so people when they say where
do you live like we usually say Tokyo
because technically we live in Tokyo
technically we're close to Tokyo that's
like the closest city that people
recognize but there are places in the
outside of Tokyo that are cheaper so and
more quiet so there are places that you
can live there quiet and cheap and not
so far away from the city but Tokyo I've
lived here for five years I can't
believe I've lived here for five years
this is insane because I lived in Nagoya
for three which makes me live in Japan
for almost like eight years I think nine
years I think about nine years now that
I've lived in Japan in total Tokyo is
very busy crazy lots of opportunity very
expensive if you like that kind of thing
I recommend Tokyo which leads me to the
best place to live in Japan this is I
like clearly like my my opinion I want
to live in Nagoya
again I don't know why I'm singing this
but I miss Nagoya so much I moved here
because a relationship I don't regret it
because I feel like Tokyo has pushed me
in my career and my YouTube life and all
that stuff so I don't really regret
moving here I think it's great to
experience other places I love moving
I love experiencing new locations so I
was okay with it but I found that
quickly Tokyo is not for me I made a
video about that it'll be linked down
below and I talked about why Tokyo was
not for me and it still isn't so I want
to move back to Nagoya and the reason
why I want to move back to Nagoya I know
some of you guys have seen an article
called Nagoya is like the most boring
city in Japan um first of all when
you're traveling I do not recommend
going to know oi adjust because it's a
very general laid-back city I
get school to see if you have the time
but if you have never been to Japan I
don't recommend traveling to Nagoya
because why there's so many cool things
like Kyoto and Tokyo and all that stuff
that the touristy places that you should
see if you are first coming to Japan but
the article was written by someone that
was most likely just travelling and
bored I don't know why there's claiming
that this place is the most boring city
in Japan because it really isn't boring
there's so many cool events there's a
lot of places to see and things to do on
the outskirts of Nagoya to be foo gay if
it was great for hiking Gifu it was
great to get close to nature get food
has a lot of history
there's also me a Prefecture which has a
lot of history as well in Islands and
the sea in the mountains and like it's
beautiful Nagoya living in Nagoya is
convenient because one it has great
doctors if you have a lot of allergies
it's great to live they even have an
organic supermarket there which I love
it's in the middle of Tokyo like right
in the middle of Tokyo it's so easy to
go to Kyoto like if I wanted to go to
Kyoto it's super close it's like an hour
to Osaka and maybe two and a half hours
to Tokyo but Nagoya is so convenient
because you can go anywhere in Japan and
it's not as far away so and I like to be
more towards the south Nagoya is more
towards itself and I love it I feel like
the people in Nagoya are more relaxed
there's not this not as crowded there's
literally four train lines there's still
a lot of opportunity there for jobs I
just feel like Nagoya was just the the
best time in my life I feel like Nagoya
was the best most relaxing place to live
for people that have anxiety or stress
it's not so overwhelming of a city and
that's what I loved about it so much and
I can speak so passionately about it
because I lived there for two or three
years and I just moved to Tokyo because
of a relationship I didn't move because
I wanted to I really want to experience
Tokyo I moved for a particular reason
when I left Nagoya I feel like I left my
heart and my soul behind because I loved
it so so much do you guys hear that
there's like a
there's always these weird announcements
sometimes they announce like missing old
people it's kind of creepy anyway we're
gonna keep talking about Nagoya I feel
like I've met more Japanese people when
I lived there I feel like I had more
Japanese friends in general but when I
moved to Tokyo eila I lost like all my
Japanese friends and things became more
busy and you know there's there's a lot
more foreigners here I feel like I'm not
really in Japan when I'm living in Tokyo
so Nagoya was like the best place for me
to live and I I just like talking about
this I get so sad because I just I miss
it so much when I lived in Nagoya I
started my youtube career so it was like
a big part of my life starting all of
this I met Regan I met Victor give me a
break man give me a flake man they're
youtubers
Regan now lives in Australia cause lives
in Canada now Ursula's in Nagoya which
is awesome his kids are growing up so
well and they're so cute and I miss them
so I'd love to go back and visit them
again the rent was cheaper everything
was cheaper I felt like I was saving so
much money when I was living in Nagoya
also Rachel in June I met Rachel they
were the first youtubers Rictor and
Rachel and Jun were the first youtubers
that I met so it's just that I has a lot
of memories and things like that and I
just think it's such a beautiful place
anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this
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