The stereotype of Japan being overcrowded comes from high-density wards in the middle of Tokyo. Everywhere else, there's plenty of unused land. In fact, the gov

The stereotype of Japan being overcrowded comes from high-density wards in the middle of Tokyo. Everywhere else, there's plenty of unused land. In fact, the government is trying to give away 8 millions of abandoned homes in areas where the population is declining: https://www.thisisinsider.com/japan-program-free-abandoned-homes-2018-11 https://www.thisisinsider.com/japan-program-free-abandoned-h... While Tokyo keeps growing at the expense of smaller cities and rural areas, a constant supply of new, taller buildings kept prices from skyrocketing like they did in London, New York, and San Francisco. Today, Tokyo doesn't feel like an overcrowded city: public transportation keeps expanding and increasing capacity, traffic jams are exceedingly rare, and the municipality has been hard at work to plant more trees and improve the air quality. Quality of life is truly excellent here. You can see for yourself by watching some of these excellent videos made by a Canadian national who relocated to Japan 5 years ago with his family: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA