Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 10:23 am
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Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:48 pm
Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:58 pm
There are regular rankings of best places to live in Tokyo and the suburbs. Have you checked them?
Yokohama area is highly ranked, as is Shimokitazawa, I think, and a couple of places in Saitama. Chiba is not well-placed, which I find a bit odd, as I quite like it.
Yokohama area is highly ranked, as is Shimokitazawa, I think, and a couple of places in Saitama. Chiba is not well-placed, which I find a bit odd, as I quite like it.
Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 5:56 am
A lovely area, with some good schools. Lots of green, especially around Hana-koganei. Local governments seem to be pretty child-friendly.Gareth wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 9:01 am The Tama area of Tokyo could suit your needs, particularly around Kodaira, Higashi-Kurume, Higashi-Murayama, Kiyose. Easy access to central Tokyo on the Seibu line. Plenty of quiet neighbourhoods. The houses prices aren’t too ridiculous. Can’t vouch for the schools but they have them!
If you're commuting, the Seibu Shinjuku line is a straight shot in to Shinjuku, or has easy transfers to the Yamanote or Tozai lines.
FWIW, I know several people commuting in to Tokyo from Yokohama, and they hate it.
Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:18 pm
Thank you, I'm sure many would hate my current commutes. (Varies with the university).DragonAsh wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 5:56 amA lovely area, with some good schools. Lots of green, especially around Hana-koganei. Local governments seem to be pretty child-friendly.Gareth wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 9:01 am The Tama area of Tokyo could suit your needs, particularly around Kodaira, Higashi-Kurume, Higashi-Murayama, Kiyose. Easy access to central Tokyo on the Seibu line. Plenty of quiet neighbourhoods. The houses prices aren’t too ridiculous. Can’t vouch for the schools but they have them!
If you're commuting, the Seibu Shinjuku line is a straight shot in to Shinjuku, or has easy transfers to the Yamanote or Tozai lines.
FWIW, I know several people commuting in to Tokyo from Yokohama, and they hate it.
I need to make these down on my map, and estimate travel time and route congestion.
Does anyone have a good site to reference flood tables? The Tama can be unforgiving....
Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:14 pm
https://www.nhk.or.jp/kishou-saigai/datamap/
On this site if you click on the map icon you will get a “hazard maps” option. Click on that and you can add or remove several different layers of hazards including flood levels.
Re: Overwhelmed - Where to Start Looking
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:21 pm
I'd probably be slightly conservative with flooding, etc.
I expect we're going to see a lot more of it in the future
I expect we're going to see a lot more of it in the future