I'm interested to know who on here lives in the smallest or most remote place.

Go on tell me. I know for sure I don't win as I live in a suburb of London.

I think thunderpants fits for first place. He lives in Tanegashima, a very small island southern of Kyushu, which is also one of the most beautiful places in Japan.

also occasionally the noisiest ( the JAXA rocket launching pad is down there)
my wife's friend and her family moved there ( we moved into their empty apartment at mates rates
They love it there, they are both surfers and can live the life style they want.


I'd say a JET teacher would be the best candidate for this title, some of them get sent out to bumf**k nowhere, where they are only gaijin for hours.

Sounds like Thunderpants and his wife.

Hi there
still lurking. Tanegashima is a very small place, we live in minamitane, a small town here, everybody knows your name
(which is a bit scary sometime). we are 5 gaijin in this town 2 ALT's one Scottish surfer boy and one Philippine woman who married a farmer. and me.
we have no money, we pay 5000 yen in rent for our house, have our own business which make (almost)no money, but we surf nice waves in stunning beautiful water with dolphins and turtles crowds are non existing, we don't even have a lock at our house... no McDonalds, no movie theater, i could go on, i still miss the snow, but i don't think i will go back... this is good.
btw check my friend's photos on flickr
he is very good at capturing life down here


PS Tsonda genki?

Genki my friend, good to hear you found your peace of mind.
What kind of business opportunities does one have down there?

I might ride my first waves for the season this weekend.

im shaking cocktails for the surfers and Jaxa crew in my ultra small bar, good fun! you can even find a picture of me in page 2 on that flickr link above.
why don't you come down here and surf, i've got the boards and you don't have to battle chiba or shonan crowds. this place is nice!

I am still trying to go through all of your picks. Did you take all of them?

Coming down there for a few days is a tempting proposition I mast say.
I ll have to look behind the logistics of the trip and see if its feasible this summer.

by all means COME i'm serving 3 kind of Absinthe, danish beer and loads of other exotic alcohol, you will be pleased.
the above link is NOT my photos, all credit goes to Jonathan an english ALT who don't want to leave this island.

Sorry, I noticed that its not your picks later.

The picks with the surfs and the launch pads in the background remind me of the FREEDOM6 anime.
I am stoked about coming down there this summer now.

beats tokyo in the summer
im off to bed,

I live in a small coastal town with about 200 houses. It's a natural harbour that fisherman use to launch their boats from the beach. It's surrounded by national parks on 2 sides and the ocean. we sometimes get koalas, possums, snakes, goanas and even wallabies wondering around the place. There are other similar sized town around the area and a small city 60km south of us. (home to Kokdoko).

I know someone who lives in a part of Sado in Niigata that has like a population of 100 of something. Nice place.

thunderpants, your friend takes good photos

Those are some of the best photos I've ever seen and there are heaps of them! The guy could go pro.

Anything beats Tokyo in the summer dude.

I ll contact you soon because your friend convinced me where I wanna spend my summer holls this year.

awesome photos

wow I enjoyed looking at those photos

So thunder has a little beach bar?