My Japanese is toddler level but my favorite regions are Okinawa and Kyushu
Not really a fan of the snow so sadly Northern Japan doesn’t really do it for me
I like northern Japan a lot. I spent a year in Hokkaido and a much shorter time in Aomori and loved both of them.
I did a year in Kansai and it was incredible.
I’ve never been north of Tokyo, but I’ve traveled a whole bunch throughout the southern half of the country. Hiroshima and Okinawa are my favorites 🙂
Kansai and Chubu personally, although I’ve only ever visited Honshu
Gifu. Something about the countryside there just hits different.
I wouldn’t pick them to study in though as I’m older and looking for chill. I’d pick Fukuoka or Kansai for more excitement.
Sinnoh
It’s a toss-up between Tokyo and Kobe. And Hiroshima. Also Kushiro. Seki City.
I am useless. They each have their own charm. Note that I can’t pick a favorite color, either.
Okinawa
I’d do kansai and hokuriku personally. Kansai has everything close by. It’s really convenient.
The niigata ishikawa area has a really cool blend of old japan, flat fields and staggering mountains right by a gorgeous coast line. Throw in great skiing and onsens and you’re good.
Kansai, probably followed by the area around Seto Naikai (Sanyo and northern Shikoku).
Chubu
Kansai. The Kobe area has enough to keep you busy. Osaka isn’t far away if you need to turn it up a notch.
Spent five years in Tohoku so i have a big bias there. Great skiing, affordable, snowside onsens and rich nature.
Kyoto is probably my favourite place in the world. It’s beautiful
Kyushu for the awesome coastlines, but I haven’t visited Hokkaido yet and I have a feeling I’ll love it there too.
Haven’t gone to Japan yet but from videos, I like the Kyushu and Touhoku regions. I like the landscapes there and the disconnect from the heavily urbanized part of Japan. I plan to go there after Tokyo, which is a must see either way. But those two I named are my favorite
Hokkaido
I’m Canadian so I think I’d be at home there, especially during the winter festivities
Shikoku. I lived in Tokushima prefecture for 5 years and I loved it. Lots of beautiful nature with all the mountains, rivers and really kind people. I miss it a lot.
Touhoku.Little to no rainy season.Perfect weatherinthe summer, all 4 seasons maxed out. Cheap, quiet ,mysterious, and full of adventure.
Kyushuu, inspired the hoenn region
I would choose an urban city as I’m very much a city person. I liked Tokyo, but cities like Fukuoka and Kobe are lovely. Yokohama is another, I used to go there often for the Tales of Series yearly festival in Yokohama Arena. The north is too cold for me, so I would stick to kanto and further west rather than Tohoku upwards.
Yokohama was awesome! Very close to Tokyo and much more peaceful (I think)
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Hokkaido and Kansai
My Japanese is toddler level but my favorite regions are Okinawa and Kyushu
Not really a fan of the snow so sadly Northern Japan doesn’t really do it for me
I like northern Japan a lot. I spent a year in Hokkaido and a much shorter time in Aomori and loved both of them.
I did a year in Kansai and it was incredible.
I’ve never been north of Tokyo, but I’ve traveled a whole bunch throughout the southern half of the country. Hiroshima and Okinawa are my favorites 🙂
Kansai and Chubu personally, although I’ve only ever visited Honshu
Gifu. Something about the countryside there just hits different.
I wouldn’t pick them to study in though as I’m older and looking for chill. I’d pick Fukuoka or Kansai for more excitement.
Sinnoh
It’s a toss-up between Tokyo and Kobe. And Hiroshima. Also Kushiro. Seki City.
I am useless. They each have their own charm. Note that I can’t pick a favorite color, either.
Okinawa
I’d do kansai and hokuriku personally. Kansai has everything close by. It’s really convenient.
The niigata ishikawa area has a really cool blend of old japan, flat fields and staggering mountains right by a gorgeous coast line. Throw in great skiing and onsens and you’re good.
Kansai, probably followed by the area around Seto Naikai (Sanyo and northern Shikoku).
Chubu
Kansai. The Kobe area has enough to keep you busy. Osaka isn’t far away if you need to turn it up a notch.
Spent five years in Tohoku so i have a big bias there. Great skiing, affordable, snowside onsens and rich nature.
Kyoto is probably my favourite place in the world. It’s beautiful
Kyushu for the awesome coastlines, but I haven’t visited Hokkaido yet and I have a feeling I’ll love it there too.
Haven’t gone to Japan yet but from videos, I like the Kyushu and Touhoku regions. I like the landscapes there and the disconnect from the heavily urbanized part of Japan. I plan to go there after Tokyo, which is a must see either way. But those two I named are my favorite
Hokkaido
I’m Canadian so I think I’d be at home there, especially during the winter festivities
Shikoku. I lived in Tokushima prefecture for 5 years and I loved it. Lots of beautiful nature with all the mountains, rivers and really kind people. I miss it a lot.
Touhoku.Little to no rainy season.Perfect weatherinthe summer, all 4 seasons maxed out. Cheap, quiet ,mysterious, and full of adventure.
Kyushuu, inspired the hoenn region
I would choose an urban city as I’m very much a city person. I liked Tokyo, but cities like Fukuoka and Kobe are lovely. Yokohama is another, I used to go there often for the Tales of Series yearly festival in Yokohama Arena. The north is too cold for me, so I would stick to kanto and further west rather than Tohoku upwards.
Yokohama was awesome! Very close to Tokyo and much more peaceful (I think)