In Japan, and pretty much everywhere else besides the United States, people walk and bike a lot more. If you are from the United States like myself and are used to driving everywhere, this is something you are going to want to get used to.
Now, I live in a rural area so it simply isn't safe (people drive crazy) or make sense (6mi/10km from our small town proper and the freeway) for me to walk places I need to go. While I can walk around our property, which is beautiful, I don't really like to do that alone because we do live far enough out that there is some pretty major wildlife that could think I look tasty (also, I'm a wimp π). What I have been doing to sort of simulate the walking places is driving to one of the places I need to go and walking to the rest. I haven't done this a lot but I hope to do it more as the weather gets nicer.
The other thing is riding a bike. You may or may not be riding a bike but from what I can tell Japanese people like bikes and are good at riding them so you probably don't want to be falling off your bicycle if given one to ride. My bike has gears, which I still can't figure out, but I do know how to ride a bike. Again, it isn't really safe or effective to ride my bike on the roads up here, but I do have a plan for getting in more riding practice. Once I get some air back into the tires, I can put my bike in the back of my mom's car or the truck and take it down to my friend's house, who lives in the middle of suburban land. There it will be close to places I need to go and I could also go bike riding with my friend. Still have to run this by some people, but I do have a plan.
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