I just moved from Gifu and am now living in the Ageo city, which is located in Saitama prefecture – part of the greater Tokyo metro area.
Unfortunately I am living in Saitama which is in the greater Tokyo area, but it’s not exactly in Tokyo, but it is 20 minutes from Akabane, 35 minutes from Ueno (on an express train) and close to Ikebukuro, so it’s not too bad. It’s also an inexpensive place to live and kind of nice to not have to deal with the volume of people tipically The high point is that it’s near Tokyo, about 40 minutes to Shibuya on the good old Takasaki line. The low point would be that it’s in Saitama, and there’s not a whole bunch to do besides go to Tokyo. The new house is small but nice. Pics coming as soon as I get a camera!