A very short post. I think a lot of people think of Japan and picture huge cities, buildings as far as the eye can see, full of concrete and neon lights, masses of people, rushing.Which is not inaccurate for say, the constant activity of central Shinjuku, or the vastness of metropolitan Tokyo.However, even in the residential neighbourhoods of Tokyo it is a different story, let alone in prefectural capitals or regional cities or towns. The first place I lived in and considered home in Japan was Miyakonojo city.The population these days is somewhere around 160,000, however this feels a little bit inflated due to some surrounding towns having been merged…