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Originally Posted by Kayci
I feel healthier here too, but maybe its me being silly.
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Yeah I feel the same..it's so much easier for me to be healthier in Japan than back in the US..in the majority of communities you can walk everywhere, because of how convenient the transportation is..and I think people underestimate how big of a difference even just an hour of walking a day can make on their health.
Also, smaller food portions are nice, people say you can just not eat half your food if portion size bothers you, but it doesn't seem that tactic fares too well for 2/3 of people where I come from..and the quality is better anyways.
Always very fresh vegetables and fruits in the supermarket..and just in general being in a culture that discourages unhealthy eating (though that's changing slowly) I think also has an effect on people.
If I had a complaint healthwise, it would be about Japanese gyms. Unless you pay a semi-ridiculous amount you can only go during certain times of the day, and sometimes not on holidays etc. US gyms are cheaper with better equipment and no restrictions most of the time.
It doesn't seem Sapporo has been mentioned yet, I lived there for a year and it's very beautiful..great food, big open spaces, lots of nature, not a lot of historical sights because it was only colonized in the 19th century or so, but still..extremely cold in the winter but you can go to the yuki matsuri, snow festival. Good for a visit but I'm not sure I'd like to live there again, it's kind of isolated from the rest of Japan. When I was living near Tokyo (in Yokohama, also a great city) I could jump on a bullet train and be in Kyoto in around 2 hours..can't do that when you live in Hokkaido
PS never has a country been so clean WITHOUT HAVING ANY DAMN TRASHCANS ANYWHERE
but of course you can't have your cake and eat it too..nyuk nyuk