[Vigilanteman]

Tokyo is a lot different from Manhattan. My daughter lives in Minato Ward, one of the nicest areas of the city, less than a 250,000 residents in just under 8 square miles.

Her two bedroom flat is about $1500 per month because it is located on the 3rd floor of a 4 floor building without an elevator. Try to find a BROOM CLOSET for that money in central Manhattan within easy walking distance of, say, Times Square which would be the NY equivalent.

It is a far more civilized city than New York anyway you slice it. And, as an added bonus, the taxi drivers speak better English.

[Citizen Soldier]

I have been watching shows on the NHK or NHKWJ channel on Direct TV 322 and have learned so much about Japan I never knew. It’s a very interesting country. Recently they had a documentary about the tsunami and showed some rebuilding of the areas affected. I would like to visit Japan some day.

[Beagle8U]

I’ve never been to Japan or NYC, and I wouldn’t want to live in either one.