Why This American Chose Rural Japan For Life

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he comes from a state where they drink a lot and are very proud of their drinking culture (Wisconsin) and even he is shocked by the alcoholism in Japan

This interview was better than 90% of the interviews and videos because this man has gotten to know the real Japan and gotten a feel for it of both it’s pros and cons… not the idealized version most young people adopt setting themselves up to become negative, sour, and toxic when expectation doesn’t meet reality. This was real. Thank you.

This man could easily become a storyteller/storywriter. The way he describes life in Japan is amazing and has a great voice to listen to! Nice thing to be able to meet unique people!

I lived in Osaka now, I’m from a high crime rate town, and considering myself to be not emotionally invested in others, moving to Japan was the best thing I’ve ever done.

"Japan needs more people" - Just make sure to keep it meritocratic, so people have useful skills and are a culture fit / want to integrate and help keep Japanese culture alive. Japan doesn't need people who don't want to contribute to Japan.

As a Canadian who lived in both the rural AND urban parts of Japan for years, I will say now that I prefer the countryside.

I like that saying: "Perfectionists can't learn languages." So true. You have to be willing to speak poorly at times to improve.

Great job, this American man is incredibly inspiring, he does sound so passionate & kind. He's the best "advertiser" for Japan you could have found.

The way he speaks english sounds super japanese in the cadence and rhythm its interesting

I'm from Boston,MA USA and my family and I moved to Osaka, Japan in 2015. We lived there for four years then we moved to Nara, Japan. We prefer the countryside, but really enjoy Japan in general. It is such a wonderful place to raise your children. The countryside is cheap and we grow lots of vegetables. The people here are so friendly and it is a very different experience from the city. You can check out our lives here by watching Real Life Japan. Cheers!

I know Quinlan, actually he"s almost a celebrity up here, so everybody knows him, great guy who loves to share what he knows about the area, which is a vast amount. He helped me out finding the best places for pretty much anything I was looking for after I moved from Sendai to Iwate. I also didn't actually even want to move to Japan, but after a few months, I didn't want to go back, and made good on that. Sold everything I owned back in the US, and started a farm.

It seems to me that, the reason it worked out for him is the privilege of being self-employed for 19 years😃 well-done!🎉 I think it’s much easier to be happy anywhere in the world when you don’t have a job you hate. He seems like a really nice guy. What a great interview, Takashi!❤

I like how at 1:54 you see people walking on the path and then the clip is seamlessly edited. It just shows that they didn't rudely take up the walking space and moved out of the way of the people walking.

this man is all i want to become. he just seems like the type of guy everyone wants to have around and is just super grounded.

He came to Japan when he was pretty young. It isn't easy to have close friends in the Midwest, unless you met them really young and didn't lose contact. I have a couple of friends like he's talking about, and they took me a lot of time to find. They're kind of unicorns. They're the old fashioned kind of friend who would help you out in an emergency situation. Although, he's up north pretty far where they get 20 foot walls of snow on the sides of the roads and you have to constantly dig footpaths to your door so you can get out of the house. I think that area might be more down-to-earth. Less people too.

great interview ! this man is the perfect advertising for japan. a foreigner that tells people to visit the rural areas of japan.

My wife and i are in the middle of planning out trip to Japan for later this year, and this interview made us completely re-think which areas to visit. Looks like we're going to check out Northern Japan now! Thanks for the video

It was really nice to hear from an American Midwesterner, who values nature and didn't have an attachment to being in Japan for a long time originally. The countryside sounds like a really great place to explore on a visit too.

He seems like a friendly dude. I would be friend with him