Originally Posted by
drop24
Well my dream has always been to live on an acreage or farm in rural Japan. That's too bad they don't offer employee parking. My wife's from Tokyo and would like to be back there. Narita would satisfy neither of us. I've spent a lot of time there on layovers and it didn't appeal to me much. I also sensed bit of an undercurrent of dislike of foreigners there that I imagine stems from all the aircrews and travelers coming and going. More so than in general Japan. Though they are usually too polite to let it show. I wonder if I lived in the sticks and drove into Narita if there is cheap parking available near the station so I could take the train from there?
I've lived in NRT for more than 15years. I have never been treated by the locals with anything but politeness and respect. Remember, their economy now relies on foreigners and I would say all have got on board with that.
Living out in the sticks is not an issue. We have at least one guy who lives down by the beach for surfing and drives to work. As jrmyl says above he parks somewhere for 500yen per day near the airport and they shuttle him into the airport. Easy.