Japan Simple Life

Living in western Kyushu, not really in the sticks but not in the city either. Been here for over 20 years and am thinking of maybe going into...

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Thank you for letting me join to this community ! I'm Martina, and I born in Italy. Now I live with my lovely japanese husband and our...

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thank you for giving me access to this fine board. Being married with a lovely japanese girl we are living in the south of Germany and are...

Living in the mountains of Nara near the intersection of Mie and Wakayama. Zone 7-9, most rainfall in the country. Looking to start regenerative...

Hello all, I live in Ushiku-Shi in Ibaraki. Been gardening here in Japan since the late 90s. On my days off I enjoy cycling and gardening. Only ever...

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Thank you so much for letting me join this wonderful community. I am Giovanni, 27 years old, and I am from Italy. I live in my...

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I have been browsing this site for a while now and gleaned lots of useful information. I thought it was about time I signed up and...

Left the city life and moved to Fukushima with my wife to start a farm. Currently a month into our 1 year training at the local farms around us so we...

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I'm Jamie - originally from Scotland, now living in Nagano-ken. We recently bought a 60tsubo house, on about 1000sqm of land. We had quite...

Hey everyone I'm a Brit who has been living in Fuji for about three years now. Been doing the whole English teaching thing while I finished a degree...

Hello everyone! I have gathered information from Japan simple life a few times now, and am so excited to join the ranks as a member. Thank you for...

Wow, never thought I'd be on a phpBB in 2019! But here I am. :) Haven't had to compress an avatar jpg down to under 9kb in nearly twenty years!
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Hi everyone. I'm an Aussie, was in Nagoya for 20 years and after marrying, bought a nice fixer-upper in Kuwana in Mie 5 years back. Started out with...

Hey guys, hello from Ibaraki.

I'm an ALT in one of those five years max situations. So I'm thinking about the future and what to do in addition to...

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Decided to sign up since I'd like to buy a small home in the Japanese countryside someday, and I thought it might be useful to be...

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We live on the south coast of NSW and have recently returned from another trip to Japan with...

I’m living on the inaka’s edge in Northern Kansai. I’ve been in Japan about 12 years in both Osaka and Tokyo plus have lived in S E Asia. I’m self...

Hi all. While I've been a lurker off and on for a bit, I thought I'd introduce myself and get 'proper' acquainted with everyone here. In the fall of...

I fell in love with Japan many years ago and it seems that I will finally be able to feed my curiosity by moveing to Japan and the country side...

Hello everyone, I just find it about this forum today. I've been living in the northern part of Hokkaido for the last 18 months. It's been an...

Hi there! I live in a small town in Miyazaki Prefecture and I write fiction for a living (I am not anywhere near famous, sorry!). I am also a board...

Hi there. I'm not exactly in the countryside, I live in a small beach-side city of about 20,000 people, but we're certainly not in any kind of...

hi, everyone.....might as well put the offer out there. My name is Mark White and I have an Artist Retreat in a renovated Kominka and looking for...