Trying and *Failing*, like most every other Village in Japan.
This is only going to get worse in the coming decades.
It’s like the government should invest in people getting more time off and promote family values instead of being focused on work at the sacrifice of everything else
As someone who wants to live and stay in Japan, there is still a number of problems.
* They want people to have kids, but is there even hospitals somewhere that rural? What is the outlook like for health?
* The distance from the city means difficulty finding work, in a country that does not do remote generally.
* Even if you give the housing for free, it needs rehab, may owe taxes, and most younger generation would want more amenities… is government helping cover those costs?
* You MUST own a car in places that rural, so now you have to deal with vehicle ownership and long drives to reach the city. This makes it far more disconnected and expensive.
If I was told I could have a job making $100,000 remote but I had to live in Nanmoku… I would have to take some serious thought. Yes, I would be here, but I would feel so isolated and like I was starting over. In an area so under populated, there is likely not that many people near your age to date and pursue either.
Even throwing money at the problem only fixes everything if you manage enough success to get the people to move in to create a new social network.
There is a reason Japan has a ton of Akiya.
I was under the impression that japan was okay with these cities dying off.
Offer me a job there and I’ll start packing my things.
Might aswell just give up. There’s so many downsides to living in rural japan that it’s not even worth considering
It looks pretty, but I’d never live there. I knew only too well what it means to live in the middle of nowhere.
I’ve visited a tiny village 2h away from Nagoya 15 years ago and it was really idyllic. But considering the average age of the population, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s practically deserted now.
“Mottainai is a Japanese philosophical concept that says that we should waste nothing and get every bit of value out of what we have, whether it’s time, space, things or people”
I can’t keep up. Every freakin japanese word become a “philosophical concept”.
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Trying and *Failing*, like most every other Village in Japan.
This is only going to get worse in the coming decades.
It’s like the government should invest in people getting more time off and promote family values instead of being focused on work at the sacrifice of everything else
As someone who wants to live and stay in Japan, there is still a number of problems.
* They want people to have kids, but is there even hospitals somewhere that rural? What is the outlook like for health?
* The distance from the city means difficulty finding work, in a country that does not do remote generally.
* Even if you give the housing for free, it needs rehab, may owe taxes, and most younger generation would want more amenities… is government helping cover those costs?
* You MUST own a car in places that rural, so now you have to deal with vehicle ownership and long drives to reach the city. This makes it far more disconnected and expensive.
If I was told I could have a job making $100,000 remote but I had to live in Nanmoku… I would have to take some serious thought. Yes, I would be here, but I would feel so isolated and like I was starting over. In an area so under populated, there is likely not that many people near your age to date and pursue either.
Even throwing money at the problem only fixes everything if you manage enough success to get the people to move in to create a new social network.
There is a reason Japan has a ton of Akiya.
I was under the impression that japan was okay with these cities dying off.
Offer me a job there and I’ll start packing my things.
Might aswell just give up. There’s so many downsides to living in rural japan that it’s not even worth considering
It looks pretty, but I’d never live there. I knew only too well what it means to live in the middle of nowhere.
I’ve visited a tiny village 2h away from Nagoya 15 years ago and it was really idyllic. But considering the average age of the population, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s practically deserted now.
“Mottainai is a Japanese philosophical concept that says that we should waste nothing and get every bit of value out of what we have, whether it’s time, space, things or people”
I can’t keep up. Every freakin japanese word become a “philosophical concept”.