Differences to keep in mind when living in Kawasaki instead of Tokyo?

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1. This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.

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   **Differences to keep in mind when living in Kawasaki instead of Tokyo?**

   Pretty simple question, although I hope it’s not too vague. I’ve found a favourable sharehouse to stay in when I move to Japan at the end of the month.

   My workplace is in Minato-ku, and this place in Kawasaki is a 50-min commute, something I’m okay with.

   I just wanted to know what the major differences between the two cities are, if they call for any different logistical processes when I’m moving in, etc.

   If anyone has some knowledge about this, I’d appreciate it. Thanks.

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2. for all practical purposes, kawasaki is a suburb of tokyo (although technically in kanagawa prefecture).

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4. >My workplace is in Minato-ku, and this place in Kawasaki is a 50-min commute, something I’m okay with.

   The length of time is less important than the number of changes. 50 minutes straight shot on one train is less draining than 30 minutes with two changes (in my opinion). But yeah, for many parts of the world a commute under one hour is pretty good.

   A number of my coworkers live in Kawasaki (or deeper into Kanagawa) and have no issues. It’s basically a bedroom community these days for folks working in Tokyo (and to a lesser extent Yokohama). It’s got pretty good connections to both.

5. That commute is going to get old fast but Kawasaki is nice. It’s a little ghetto and there’s lots of trashy places around the station (think soaps and Yakuza) the little urban neighborhoods are nice though. People are friendly and community minded, except for right around kawasaki station, maybe. All in all it’s not different from Tokyo except you are writing down Kanagawa on everything