Hey guys!

So me and Rachel and Chris have spent the past 3 days travelling Tohoku Japan!

So the Northern area of the main island

I thought it would be cool for the three of us to sit down and talk about

Now that we've seen lots of Japan

Where we think the best place to live is

So what do you think?

I've lived in Northern Japan for 3 years

And I've lived in Chiba for 3 years

and Tokyo for about 2 years now

How about you Chris?

I've lived in Tohoku for 3 years

And I've travelled Japan a lot

And you Rachel?

I've only lived in Aichi

And I've only travelled to Tokyo, and here

Let's start with Chris

In your opinion where (and why) is the best place to live?

I think Tohoku

And I think, Sendai

Although I've never lived in Sendai

I think it's the best city, and the best place to live in Japan

It's very much a city, but it's got all the benefits of being in the countryside

It's only 20 minutes away from the mountains

You've got the sea as well

Skiing in the winter, but no snow!

For some reason the snow stops in the mountains

Lucky, people in Sendai are very lucky

The food in Tohoku is amazing

I think Tohoku is the most beautiful, overall, region in Japan

From what I've seen so far

I agree with that

Sendai is definitely the most beautiful city I've been to here in Japan so far

It was absolutely gorgeous!

It's just a great combination

We were in the city, and then in 3 minutes we were out in the mountains

So if you wanna take a break from the city life, you can just go out there

It's got the beautiful forested backdrop and the bubbling brooks running through the city

It was amazing

Now that I've lived in Tokyo for 2 years, I don't really like it at all

It would probably be different if you didn't have to take the morning train every morning

They're so packed!

It's just so stressful to have to wake up and spend your morning like a sardine

Like this, with sweaty salary men

I've thought about living in Tokyo, but I can't do it

Everytime I go, I feel quite claustrophobic by how many people there are

It's so dense

It's the same for us

It'd be so much easier to get jobs and all kinds of opportunities in Tokyo

That's why I'm there, for the jobs

If you're in Tokyo, it's a bit like a bubble

It's difficult to go out, or you're hesitant to actually leave Tokyo

It seems like Japan feels a lot bigger

Whereas if you live in Tohoku, or the countryside

You still go to Tokyo and the cities a lot

But you actually get to have a car, and travel around a lot more and see places

that you wouldn't otherwise see

I'm considering moving back to Iwate now

Now that we spent a day there

Because I really miss it, and...

I can see how much more relaxing it is

We were only there for a couple hours, but there are so fewer people than in Tokyo!

But you were still spotted by your fans!

Haha yeah we met a couple people!

So hello you guys in Iwate! That was nice of you to say hi to me :)

That made me really happy!

But yeah I dunno...

Tokyo is amazing, there's so much to see there

But I don't think it's a great place to live

For my type of person, who doesn't enjoy the crowds

and the business, and yeah...

There's a lot of us countryside foreigners

Yeah for sure

Prefer the out and open, beautiful nature, fewer people

For those of you guys that are visiting Japan

As opposed to just coming to Tokyo, definitely consider going up North

for just a week and at least checking it out

I feel like that is more "genuine Japan"

There's lots of old shrines and temples you can visit

and the views are just amazing!

It doesn't have the pop culture aspect that Tokyo does

But I think there's so much more to see there

There's so much more to makeup for it

Let me know what you guys think in the comments!

For those of you that have visited Japan, what was your favourite spot to see here?

I would be interested in that

And I'm sure other people would like to know as well

so they have some advice when they're coming on trips here

Thanks for watching!

Don't forget to subscribe to Rachel's channel!

Rachel and Jun is the name of their channel

And Chris' channel!

There's like a video, about...

There's like one video about something

But it's quite good probably!

Abroad in Japan is his channel name, I will link them both down below!

Thanks for watching guys! Bye!