12 What's better: rural life or city life in Japan?

<p>On this episode of <em>Ichimon Japan</em> we ask: What's better: rural life or city life in Japan?</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Topics Discussed<br /></strong></h2> <ul> <li>The pros and cons of living in rural Japan</li> <li>The pros and cons of living in a big city in Japan</li> <li>Life in Ishikawa Prefecture</li> <li>Life in Kobe</li> <li>Life in Osaka</li> <li>Where Ishikawa Prefecture is located</li> <li>Whether rural people are friendlier than city people in Japan</li> <li>Eating <em>udon meshi </em>at Sururi in Shinjuku, Tokyo</li> <li>Eating gator in Ueno, Tokyo</li> <li><em>Magic: The Gathering</em> in Japan<em><br /></em></li> <li>The not so great rainy wather of Ishikawa</li> <li>Cheap and/or free housing in rural Japan</li> <li>Ishikawa's delicious carrots</li> <li>How Japan's declining population is affecting Japan's rual areas</li> <li>The general lack of adults in their 20s and 30s in rual Japan</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> <p>Note: This episode was recorded before the declaration of the global coronavirus pandemic. While you should visit Japan as Ryan suggests, obviously, April 2020 is a pretty bad time to try to do so.</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Support on Patreon<br /></strong></h2> <p>If you enjoy <em>Ichimon Japan</em> and want to ensure that we're able to produce more episodes, then please consider becoming a patron on Patreon.com. For a minimum pledge of $2 a month you'll get access to exclusive content and our eternal, profound, and undrying gratitude.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32280122">Support on Patreon</a></li> </ul> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Japanese Vocabulary List<br /></strong></h2> <p>Most episodes feature at least one or two interesting Japanese words or phrases. Here’s some of the ones that came up on this episode. All information is from <a href= "http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1C">Jim Breen's WWWJDIC.</a></p> <ul> <li>Inaka <ul> <li>田舎 【いなか(gikun)】 (n,adj-no) (1) (sens) rural area; countrys