I feel like moving to Japan has been kind of glorified lately, especially by westerners. I’m from the US and I enjoy living here, but I’m in Yokohama/Tokyo, so life is convenient, clean, and honestly pretty comfortable.
What I don’t understand is the whole akiya / rural Japan dream. I keep seeing people move to the countryside and I’m genuinely curious… what do you actually do every day?
Whenever I go to rural Japan it’s beautiful, but after a couple days I start thinking “ok… now what?” Everything is far, things close early, and life feels inconvenient.
Do you guys just work remote, farm, and enjoy the slow life? I’m honestly curious if it’s really that enjoyable long-term or if it just looks good online.
by InsideWrangler2672