whats your favorite Japanese city?

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by G Callen

No love for Sapporo I see

Also, if Yokohama were not close to Tokyo it'd be a more interesting place. The argument that it isn't much "for a city of it's size" is rather moot since Tokyo pretty much steals all the attention and projects these adjacent cities would get were they not close to it. You could say the same for Chiba or Saitama. But Yokohama does have Minato Mirai and china town, plus a more relaxed atmosphere than Tokyo, which makes it IMO a better place to live.

I simply haven't been to Sapporo to rank it
I think most people in Okinawa haven't gone to Hokkaido, even on school trips.

[Tyr]

we have really different tastes then. you dont like Kofu I liked Kofu. I went to Morioka two months ago to work on some disaster stuff there and my entourage and I hated it there.

but at least we can agree, Sendai is nice.

Are you American per chance?
The driving focus of Kofu is a big and hard to tackle cultural difference for me. To my American friends meanwhile it isn't even a consideration, they have trouble with the manners, indirectness, etc... (which isn't such a problem for Brits).

Originally Posted by G Callen

No love for Sapporo I see

Also, if Yokohama were not close to Tokyo it'd be a more interesting place. The argument that it isn't much "for a city of it's size" is rather moot since Tokyo pretty much steals all the attention and projects these adjacent cities would get were they not close to it. You could say the same for Chiba or Saitama. But Yokohama does have Minato Mirai and china town, plus a more relaxed atmosphere than Tokyo, which makes it IMO a better place to live.

I've never been to Sapporo alas.

Proximity to Tokyo goes both ways really. Yokohama, Saitama, etc... aren't as great as a city of their size would be if it was the big fish in the small pond (ala Sapporo I hear, Sendai, etc...) but a big part of the reason they are so big in the first place is Tokyo overflow.

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by Tyr

Are you American per chance?
The driving focus of Kofu is a big and hard to tackle cultural difference for me. To my American friends meanwhile it isn't even a consideration, they have trouble with the manners, indirectness, etc... (which isn't such a problem for Brits).



I've never been to Sapporo alas.

Proximity to Tokyo goes both ways really. Yokohama, Saitama, etc... aren't as great as a city of their size would be if it was the big fish in the small pond (ala Saitama I hear, Sendai, etc...) but a big part of the reason they are so big in the first place is Tokyo overflow.

nope but yes.. actually we do find the British to be a bit closer than the Americans in terms of mannerisms and indirectness. I hear it quite often on both sides.

I do agree about Yokohama too, its proxmity to Tokyo is what made it, but also works against it as Tokyo agglomerates everything around it.
I really don't want to see Japan as ending up as basically four big metros.

[sursena]

Osaka, Kobe and Naha
(I haven't visited Japan yet)

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by sursena

Osaka, Kobe and Naha
(I haven't visited Japan yet)

Naha is nice but not that great.. the urban planning is messy and confusing. people are friendly of course.. maybe I'm a bit more harsh on Naha because I know it so well. that's why I ranked it third. I probably would rank it lower now that I've been to more places since I last wrote that list.

[Kimiwind1184]

Originally Posted by sursena

Osaka, Kobe and Naha
(I haven't visited Japan yet)

Kobe is amazing indeed. It's a smaller version of Yokohama but still has a nice harbor and vast parks.

Osaka and Kobe are actually a miniature of Tokyo and Yokohama.
I'd still prefer living in Kanto than Kansai anyday.

[Tyr]

I just visited Fukuoka. I think I've found my favourite. Its quite like a Japanese version of my local city back home, Newcastle.
And it has excellent ramen.

[predestrian]

^ would have to agree, Fukuoka is really quite great! Had a blast there a few years ago. Some really interesting architecture too.