The housing can be bad. My place here is the twice the size of my place in CA here on the beach in Hayama. But costs are in decline because overall demand is going down. I have access to the base so my fridge is mixed with American and Jap stuff. I don’t need to interact with anyone because I have a family, we usually go fishing or hiking every weekend. I only go to Tokyo once every couple of months. It is crowded, but the Japs have better manners, I can’t stand cities in the states, I need a little lebensraum from all the niggers, goblins and white trash. Your situation sounded challenging, I couldn’t make it out here without my family. Maybe look for a job as a DoD contractor, might be easier if you have access to the base and have an American network.