What Living in the Japanese Countryside is Like

The Japanese Countryside is beautiful and I encourage everyone to visit, at least once. This is what it's like to live there, and I want to show you because you'll probably not move here anyway!
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[@halimech1]

Great video mate, more stuff about the countryside please! Massively underrated and underrepresented!

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

Thank you! I got a lot of content planned for the countryside, so I'll do it justice!

[@halimech1]

@@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

[@halimech1]

@@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 ❤️

[@dimondhannes2090]

Finally another video on the Japanese countryside

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

The inaka needs some love too!

[@masegraye]

Great stuff. Really makes that inaka life sound good.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

Thank you! It really is and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in Japan!

[@fourstringbuck]

Always hilarious and you "get it". I love this channel!

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

Thanks for watching!!

[@soupconianabundance9003]

Get a bucket, (tap)water, malted grains, hops and (optionally) yeast. Easier than you think. Better result than you expect.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

My gut isn't big enough to be a brewmaster :(

[@HarryBaalzach]

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???😢

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

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 😂

[@southcoastinventors6583]

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.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

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!

[@Tulsy_Grape]

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.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

The countryside is like a hidden gem of Japan, worth visiting but a car is sorely needed in many cases!

[@Tulsy_Grape]

@JustAnotherJapanChannel yeah, a car is borderline mandatory. Thankfully, I fit in a Kei car! Sorry about your luck on that one man.

[@Mobik_]

Finally just another bashing of Tokyo. BTW: I'LL PAY to see you driving a Kei Car.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

😂😂

[@Padlock_Steve]

How good is the rideshare availability? （ひきこもりです）

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

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!

[@Joe-nj3bb]

5:36 Momotaro Airport! 😁 How far is the closest conbini? 🤔

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

I have a 2 minute walk to the nearest convenience store and a 5 minute walk to the nearest supermarket! Life is good!

[@zar-party]

​@@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.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

@@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!

[@itscodebaby]

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?

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

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!

[@Absolzen]

Be my mentor, I want to live in the countryside over there! 🥺

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

The countryside is lovely and more often than not you'll be placed there if you go through the English teaching companies!

[@Absolzen]

@@JustAnotherJapanChannel Can I be an english teacher if English is not my first language?

[@AverageBot]

honestly would be a dream to work remotly and living in the countryside ngl.

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

Exactly what I'm doing and I couldn't be happier!

[@exponentzero]

@@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-party]

​@@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.

[@exponentzero]

@@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! ;)

[@BrotherabbitFilms]

Where ?

[@JustAnotherJapanChannel]

Japan. The countryside of it.