Great video mate, more stuff about the countryside please! Massively underrated and underrepresented!
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
Thank you! I got a lot of content planned for the countryside, so I'll do it justice!
@halimech111 ай бұрын
@@JustAnotherJapanChannel that's awesome!! I'm currently in Tokyo, and I have to say, it's fun but I'm a country boy. So soon I'll move to kumamoto to get some fresh air! Too many people in Tokyo for me unfortunately, but there's refuge in small bars in lesser known neighborhoods I guess
@halimech111 ай бұрын
@@JustAnotherJapanChannel I think it would be very interesting to see how and where you can escape the big crowds when you're in Tokyo to get some headspace. I'd love to hear your take on that ❤️
@dohruba2 ай бұрын
The countryside sounds awesome! 2:50 Are you still gong to do the grilling video? 😁
@JustAnotherJapanChannel2 ай бұрын
I really really wanna do the homestyle charcoal yakiniku vid, I'll see if I can butter up my father in law to let me borrow it! 😂
@dimondhannes209011 ай бұрын
Finally another video on the Japanese countryside
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
The inaka needs some love too!
@masegraye10 ай бұрын
Great stuff. Really makes that inaka life sound good.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel10 ай бұрын
Thank you! It really is and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in Japan!
@fourstringbuck11 ай бұрын
Always hilarious and you "get it". I love this channel!
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@HarryBaalzach11 ай бұрын
Nice, those Non Non Biyori vibes are so soothing! I’ll be flying on Friday from UK, have some small town and mountain visits planned. My travel agent was really pissed that I insisted on not following his tourist plan, but it’s my money so he got to try listening for once. A few days on Izu will be a nice change of pace, a few days on Shodoshima also. Do I really have to go home???😢
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
Beautiful itinerary! Never been to Izu but been plenty of times to Shodoshima (and of course Kagawa for the udon) because of its proximity to Okayama! Travel agent needs some local craft beers and a nice view to get their mind changed 😂
@southcoastinventors658311 ай бұрын
The best part of video was the picture of a line during winter in Norway I heard about personally space but man that at a another level. Covid spacing must have been double during the pandemic. Can't really see Japan properly without a car so will give that a try once I am done exploring the big cities.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
In the nordics, we would rather stand than sit next to someone on the bus, so you see 2-seaters with 1 person near the window and other people standing lol. It's a very good idea to rent a car and explore the country even when visiting as a tourist, but of course you gotta get your fill of the big cities first!
@Joe-nj3bb11 ай бұрын
5:36 Momotaro Airport! 😁 How far is the closest conbini? 🤔
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
I have a 2 minute walk to the nearest convenience store and a 5 minute walk to the nearest supermarket! Life is good!
@zar-party11 ай бұрын
@@JustAnotherJapanChannelWhat are the opening hours of your closest stores like? When I stayed in Chiba, I loved that almost no one was around, while there were 5 conbini on the same street, open 24/7, and there was even a Don Quixote around the corner open till 2 a.m. That's unimaginable in Germany, where I'm from.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
@@zar-party My konbini and supermarket closes at 23:00 (11pm), but a 24/7 Family Mart and 7-11 is a 5 min drive away!
@maltliquorgaming78223 ай бұрын
I work from my home here in the countryside in Sweden. Being in the IT industry has made it possible and I have been doing so for a very long time, long before covid etc. The idea of living in the countryside in Japan instead is...interesting. :D
@JustAnotherJapanChannel3 ай бұрын
Can't recommend it enough! I'm also a work from home dude, and wouldn't choose anywhere else to live while doing it!
@soupconianabundance90036 ай бұрын
Get a bucket, (tap)water, malted grains, hops and (optionally) yeast. Easier than you think. Better result than you expect.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel6 ай бұрын
My gut isn't big enough to be a brewmaster :(
@Padlock_Steve11 ай бұрын
How good is the rideshare availability? (ひきこもりです)
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
I've not seen any in my little town, but there are a lot of hitchhikers during spring and summer, and they often get picked up by people!
@itscodebaby11 ай бұрын
What do you think about the smaller cities in Japan? Same problems on a smaller scale or a much better choice than Tokyo, Osaka, etc?
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
I've only visited smaller cities and not lived in them, which is why I did the extreme comparison of major cities vs my 40k population town that I live in! I'd assume smaller cities with under 1m pop would have a good balance and be sort of in between!
@Tulsy_Grape7 ай бұрын
I recently visited and stayed in the Japanese countryside for 2 weeks and my god it was awesome. Everything you said was super accurate, especially the travel stuff (good lord it can be rough) Tokyo is complete shit by comparison. Everyday I look forward to returning.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel7 ай бұрын
The countryside is like a hidden gem of Japan, worth visiting but a car is sorely needed in many cases!
@Tulsy_Grape7 ай бұрын
@JustAnotherJapanChannel yeah, a car is borderline mandatory. Thankfully, I fit in a Kei car! Sorry about your luck on that one man.
@BrotherabbitFilms11 ай бұрын
Where ?
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
Japan. The countryside of it.
@NEZOCI10 ай бұрын
Be my mentor, I want to live in the countryside over there! 🥺
@JustAnotherJapanChannel10 ай бұрын
The countryside is lovely and more often than not you'll be placed there if you go through the English teaching companies!
@NEZOCI10 ай бұрын
@@JustAnotherJapanChannel Can I be an english teacher if English is not my first language?
@AverageBot11 ай бұрын
honestly would be a dream to work remotly and living in the countryside ngl.
@JustAnotherJapanChannel11 ай бұрын
Exactly what I'm doing and I couldn't be happier!
@exponentzero11 ай бұрын
@@JustAnotherJapanChannel Residence visas for foreigners are a complete mystery to me. Unless a foreigner marries a Japanese citizen, gets sponsored by a company, or forms his own Japanese company which can demonstrate revenue, I don't know how the gaijin stay in Japan more than 3 months. Even the new and much ballyhoo-ed "digital nomad" visa is only 6 months and is non-reissuable. Another YT-ber is in Japan for 12 months on a "work-vacation" visa, but he says "I probably won't work". On the streets in Tokyo I see Americans trying to sell tourists tickets to see girly shows; I ask Japanese what the heck such foreigners are doing in the country and all they do is shrug. The whole visa thing seems like a racket to me. And no one talks about it.
@zar-party11 ай бұрын
@@exponentzero 1) You named several ways of getting long-term visa in Japan, but you forgot the two most common ones: work visa and student visa. Most foreigners in Japan are either students, or employees at a Japanese company. 2) There is no such thing as "residence visa", I think you mixed visas up with residence permits. One is eligible to apply for a residence permit after having obtained a sufficient visa, for example work visa. After a certain number of years, one is eligible to apply for a permanent residence permit. That's a simplified explanation, I recommend looking up all the details on official government websites such as the Office of Immigration Japan.
@exponentzero11 ай бұрын
@@zar-party thank you for your comment. I just watched a video on the Allison In Tokyo channel, and the owner of this channel commented on it. In his comment he said he married a local. As I mentioned in my earlier comment, this is the most straightforward and simple way for foreign YTbers to stay in the country. Student visas end, working for a Japanese company sucks, whether for foreigners or Japanese, and bringing sufficient capital into the country to obtain the investor visa isn't easy for many people. There are still some Japanese females who for some reason believe there is a "foreigner mystique". Go for it, if that floats your boat! ;)
@Mobik_11 ай бұрын
Finally just another bashing of Tokyo. BTW: I'LL PAY to see you driving a Kei Car.