Thinking of living in Japan..

[Thuglife]

Originally Posted by CrystalDoll

I noticed that even smoke from chimney was clear.

If it was clear you wouldn't be able to see it...right?
By the way...if the water was so clean then faucet filters and bottled waters wouldn't be huge items around here. Just a reality check for you.

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by Thuglife

If it was clear you wouldn't be able to see it...right?
By the way...if the water was so clean then faucet filters and bottled waters wouldn't be huge items around here. Just a reality check for you.

Faucet filters and bottled water is a matter of taste, not that the water coming out of your faucet is going to make you ill.
I wouldn`t want to drink straight river or lake water, but city water in Japan is safe and clean. But they filter and clean it (just like pretty much everywhere else with a proper water system) so it isn`t necessarily the tastiest water ever.

[sarasi]

Nyororin is right. I filter my drinking water not because the tap water is dirty, but to remove some of the chlorine taste from the chemicals used to make the water clean. Same in my home country, where it is also safe to drink the water but city water supplies don't always taste the best.

[Air]

Originally Posted by CrystalDoll

I think the air and water in Japan are very good quality. I should say they are much better than most of cities in China. The water purity is so high. I noticed that even smoke from chimney was clear. So, it should be quite healthy to live in Japan.

Funny, there's a Jackie Chan drama called Shinjuku Incident. One of the movie's characters from China said the same thing about Japan..