durst 0 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 I have never been to Japan, but read this site with interest. Maybe one day I can go. I hear a lot about Tokyo, but what about other CITIES? Wheres fun and wheres not? Cheers Durst Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 oh this is an easy one... What is the only city in japan that has the honorable distinction of being nicknamed "Gakuen-Toshi: Science City"?? Tsukuba You know you are in for a good time if you live in science city... How many cities in Japan have a 'Quasi-National Park'?? Tsukuba does...Quasi parks are the best kind, you know... How many cities are at the foot of a mountain as intimidating as it is beautiful as Tsukuba-san? only 1 (unless you count tsuchiura), TSUKUBA! Tsukuba is the perfect blend of state of the art research facilities with your old-fashioned rice field... forget that there is no train to tsukuba...there is absolutely NO reason to ever leave! believe it or not, I recently just moved OUT of tsukuba after being here a year...call me crazy, but I felt like I was being spoiled... come have a look-see for yourself! danz Link to post Share on other sites
kobet 0 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Are you being paid danz?!! Link to post Share on other sites
kobet 0 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 PS Where on earth is Tsukuba?!!? Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Nagano. Matsumoto. Sapporo. Kobe. Link to post Share on other sites
The Skull 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 I don't live there but have loved Osaka the times I have been there. Link to post Share on other sites
Sharon 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Hiroshima. By far, and I used to live in Kobe. Link to post Share on other sites
velocity7 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Kobe is a great place. Good atmosphere, goo people, good entertainment, foreign community..... I have only been to Hiroshima once for the predictable tourism. Sharon - can you tell us more about what makes it a great place? Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 I like Nagano city and also Morioka (friends) Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 I've always liked Hiroshima. Thanks to a radical city planning measure in 1945, Hiroshima has a very open-air feeling, with long views to the hills. The system of rivers and valleys is also very attractive. The entertainment area has some good restaurants and I found a good hole-in-the-ground club playing filthy rap and hip-hop with skanky teeny-boppers. Hiroshima-fu okonomi yaki is verrrr nice, especially at an open-air stall in the summer. Also, the resorts in Hiroshima got the first snow last season, although after the first few dumps, it didn't seem to get that much. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Sorry, but Tokyo wins. Link to post Share on other sites
IM 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Access to good resorts, the small town wins, but for year around social/job access to good ski/board shops, Tokyo/Yokohama still wins. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Kobe's a nice place, but too dull if you ask me. Too little choice of nightlife, and especially clubs. The people there seem more concerned about dressing up than having a good time. There are better shops and dining in Osaka too. Kyoto's nicer than Kobe, but the locals (gaijin otaku included) can be stuck up and the climate is harsher. If you want fun in Kansai, Osaka is the place to be. It's a bit hard on the lungs, but you can have a great time. Same goes for Tokyo. Just don't live miles from it all in Chiba or some other relatively cheap but remote location. Nagoya's more fun than some people make out, and the gaijin there seem a lot less territorial than Osaka gaijin for some reason. I don't equate nice views with fun (in which case we should be talking villages not cities), but if you want a more favourable environment, Sapporo would be my choice of the smaller places. I've been out there on a Saturday night in the middle of winter and it was still really buzzing. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Kobe, Nagoya and Osaka are all cool if you ask me. Great area. Link to post Share on other sites
ii 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Checking out for the 1st time in a long while - kinda surprised to see somuch action. Good to be back after a hard few months - personal shIt goin on and the like. Saitama is by far the best city in Japan! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 I love these little hints dropped about lives in turmoil. ii, you should talk to Nat. I've had an 'interesting' year too. Let's hope it all gets settled down in time for next winter, eh? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 So Ocean11, still got a job, or are you in turmoil? Seen the web editor job in Matsumoto, 5 mill a year? From the desciption of yer job earlier, wondered if it was yours! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 miteyak, I'm self-employed now. Had a bit of swings and roundabouts getting there, but things are settling down nicely now. I haven't seen the job you mention - where's that then? 5 mil sounds a bit on the low side to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I love Matsumoto - Nagano's largest university means plenty of young people, some decent shops, bars and a few clubs. Theres the best mountain biking I've ever done within 15mins of the city centre, its close enough to Hakuba to commute to the slopes every day in winter if you have an afternoon job (a la Nova), its really central so you can get to most places easily and its just surrounded by mindblowing countryside! Lived there for a year and loved it! After that I think it would have to be Tokyo Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Oh too many. Places I've had the most fun in? Tokyo Gifu Nagano Yokohama Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Nagano is certainly popular - maybe coz of the nature of this site and us who are using it? I find many Japanese cities to be similar. It's the people in it and the buddies you have that make them special. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Ocean11, it's at Gaijinpot, not a great sal, but sounds like a dossy number, and close to the mountains. So your self employed, does that mean you don't get payed to write on this forum? Link to post Share on other sites
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