An aerial photo of Tokyo, the most populous city on Earth

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Dr_Stef on May 26th, 2023 at 07:50 UTC »

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OldKermudgeon on May 26th, 2023 at 10:46 UTC »

To get an idea of how many people live in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area, it has a population (40.7M) just greater than the entire population of Canada (38.25M). It is considered the largest megacity on the planet in terms of population (not population density; there are higher density cities, just on smaller footprints).

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francisdavey on May 26th, 2023 at 12:12 UTC »

I am not particularly a city boy and Tokyo can be overwhelming at times, but it really has some lovely areas in it. It is much nicer to walk around in than many cities.

What's more, people are talking about the "Greater Tokyo Area" in this thread. That includes places like Chiba - parts of which are really rural. Not just extensive peanut fields, but woods and open spaces.

I had a week's holiday earlier this year in Saitama - a short train ride from Ueno - and the area was lovely. Sure, very urban, but some nice parks of varying sizes and the river within easy walk.

There's almost always a small public park within easy reach where there's usually a public toilet and somewhere you can sit. Most of Japan is like that except for out in the wilds where parks don't seem so necessary for obvious reasons.

People being critical of it are being rightly downvoted. Dense population is much better for the planet than taking those 40 million people and spreading them out widely in daft, pedestrian hostile, low-density American style towns which seem to consist mostly of road.

Anyway, I wouldn't live in any other country, though I rather enjoy living in the country.