[jasonbvr]

Around Saitama city is pretty nice. Thirty minutes outside of Tokyo and with a little cheaper apartments, it wouldn't be a bad place to live. Other than that, Saitama looks mostly like a bunch of rice fields. There are not many mountains since it is the majority of the Kanto plain, but you can make it into Gunma's and Niigata's mountains in about 2 to 3 hours. Overall, I wouldn't mind living in Saitama since I can't be bothered with the crowded feeling of Tokyo.