[GoNative]

I do find this idea of loving Japan from afar with a wish to live here without ever having actually been here previously somewhat perplexing. Although I've now lived here over 5 years and certainly do love it my only dream from childhood that was realised here was to live somewhere that gets snow to sea level.

So I find it a little hard to understand what it is about Japan that people think is so amazing that it's become their lifes dream to live here? Is it just that it is so different that you think it must be better? One thing I do know for sure is that most peoples perceptions of Japan from overseas do not really reflect the reality of what it's like to live here.