Towns

   

    I think Japanese towns are a lot cooler than the ones here in the West. Everything in Japan is a lot closer together and there's a lot more packed together so the need to travel a long way away isn't entirely needed. Even if it is, you can just take the train. Here in the U.S., everything seems far away and impossible to reach. Even here in my neighborhood, the closest shopping center still feels like a trek across the whole country due to how the roads divide everything up into sections. Feels more like a time commitment to get up and walk anywhere. Japan isn't that car-focused in cities, which I can only imagine how that affects the environment (in a good way) but it just seems a lot more connected and safe now that there aren't death machines speeding around at 40 mph all the time. It also allows a lot more to be packed together, but not in a New York sort of way like a Jeremy Freedom suggests. It's more walkable somehow with the lack of cars around. Also, the suburbs are not as lonely as it is in the west, they are more connected and form a sense of community.