Was wondering if there were any cities/towns that met these specification

-not touristy -sorta rural

• decent young population
• far from Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto

Anywhere in Japan is cool with me Thank you!

Stereotype is that most Japanese universities are easy to graduate and most students don't study a whole lot. Do you think this is true? If yes, were they always easy?

There’s already been lots of posts on this but mixed answers on all of them so was hoping to get some clarification if anyone’s knowledgeable.

I have Australian and Japanese citizenship, Australian citizenship through birth and Japanese citizenship through parents. I’ll be turning 20 soon so I think I’m expected to file a 国籍選択届. Some people have said you don’t need to do it until you’re 22 but the MOJ website does say it’s within 2 years of turning 18 so 20 years old I think is when you’re supposed to do it.

So I’m wondering what I should do. I haven’t actually received any correspondence from MOJ about having to file the form (but I don’t know if they typically do tell you to file out the form or if they expect you to just know about it and do it when the time comes).

Some people have said that they don’t file the form at all and they have no issues renewing their passport and entering Japan, this sounds a bit risky though. Some people file the form and say they choose Japan and say they’ll “endeavour” to renounce their other citizenship or whatnot and then it’s all good they never ask for proof that you actually did it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 😊

The departure melody has been changed at major stations. The new melodies are completely new.

On October 9, all platforms at Yokohama Station

On October 25, all platforms at Shinjuku Station

On October 31, all platforms at Tokyo Station

JR East has not disclosed the reason, but it is speculated that the contract with the production company has expired, and if true, all the familiar departure melodies will be put to rest in the near future.

(14) 覆面パトカーに気づかず追い越すとこうなります。#緊急走行 #覆面パトカー #警察24時 #パトカー #白バイ - YouTube

Looking at this video I find it very funny that the unmarked car chose to pull the suv over at end. It seems that this SUV was not even the fastest when it approached the unmarked car... Did the police pull him over just because it did not switch to the left lane and drove a bit faster than 40kph(probably less than 50kph) for being the stand-out car ?

For the warmer weather, I was looking around some of the beautiful bays in Wakayama and wondered whether I was allowed to swim in the sea? I understand there are public beaches in Japan with lifeguards etc, as well as busy waterways with poor water quality that are prohibited from swimming such as Tokyo, but wondered how I find out whether I can take a dip somewhere pretty or not?

Can anyone advise how I would look this up?

Hello all! Apologies if this is the wrong subreddit, but I'm a textile conservation student who studies and collects kimono. I just recieved a Meiji Era uchikake to conserve, and the owner wants me to try and identify the kamon. It's looks to be pretty stylized, so I'm having difficulty figuring out what it is to begin searching for it. I'll link an image to the kamon here.

If anyone happens to recognize it, or has an idea as to who/ where I can ask for help, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you!!