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Saitama is ok for outdoors life - 05-07-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsuwabuki View Post
What's the low down on Saitama?
Saitama is a big place, can you be more specific. I have lived all over the place. Its the relatively poorer side of Tokyo. I really liked living out at Ogawa, Ranzen Machi area for mountain biking, on the Tobu Tojo Line.
I bought a cheap foreclosed property in Hanno, in the mountains. If you like bars, that town has a few. I go canoeing in the rivers, its close to Okutama, end of line for trains to Ikebukuro. If you like nature, outdoors, and you stick to the west-side, Saitama is good. Also lived in Nerima. That was too congested to me, but good access to Roppongi, close to Ikebukuro.

Sumiyoshi was good on the edge of Tokyo. I used to ride my bike up the river, but its a monoculture. I only stayed there a month but OK access to Shinjuku.
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