I came to Japan for a change, but after a while I realized it was just my mindset. Maybe you just need an extended holiday, and Japan is a great place for that. But its trajectory isn't exactly pretty. Population is decreasing, putting a large burden on young workers to support the elderly. Prices and inflation are increasing due to the weak yen, which I don't think will ever recover. I don't think they will act quickly enough to use bitcoin to turn things around, and that's pretty much the only thing that I can imagine working. Is your negativity primarily based on actual living conditions and society, or the news and narratives you consume?
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I have a 4.5 week holiday there soon. 3rd time to visit. SO EXCITED.
Negativity is based on living conditions and society...but I am the first one to admit I talk too much finance and economy with investing people and always at risk of believing our own bullshit.
More importantly...this trip we are doing Osaka, Shima, Takayama. Done the main tourist things already and have been to Kanazawa and around Hakuba. What would be your recommendation on where else to go? I love food and mountains.
Awesome! Spending too much time talking about or doing one thing, particularly on social media, is a recipe for disaster. It is for me anyway lol. I take some time to walk an hr each day, get outside and exercise. Touch some grass, as they say. You can get delicious food pretty much anywhere in Japan, it's amazing. Tourism is afterall one of their main industries. Personally I don't really have any recommendations for places, each has it own stuff. Have you been to Toyama/Tateyama? Smallish city with an amazing mountain range. If you get sick of Japanese food, my fav place is Barbacoa brazilian grill. All you can eat, AMAZING. You can find them in larger cities.
Yes good call on Toteyama...I looked at going there last time! Thank you.