[sarasi]

I live in the suburbs of western Tokyo, and neither my husband or I have a car, nor do we feel we need one. I like driving back in my home country, but I have no desire to drive here and am glad it isn't necessary- the trains, subways etc get me everywhere I want to go (trains run every 2 minutes at rush hour through my station). I don't have to worry about parking, petrol, car inspection, registration, traffic jams, repairs and many other things that I had to worry about and spend money on in my home country.

Somebody above (who I believe doesn't live in Japan) said they were glad they don't live in Tokyo because parking is at a premium here- when you live here it takes a bit of a shift in your way of thinking at first, but many people come to like the fact that they don't need a car. You get a lot more exercise too, walking to the train station is good for you!