@Carol-Ann0
Come!
If you plan well, you can drive around just west of Fuji, and find as much soft fruit
(cherries, peaches, grapes) as around St Catherines and the Niagara-on-the-lake area.
We've spent the last 3 years just tooling around the countryside on short trips,
and it's been more fun than jetting overseas. You can stumble across active volcanoes,
hot spring almost-ghost towns, gorgeous vistas of forests and alps, more.
Stay in the cities, live a salaried life, though, it's concrete and steel. Pretty safe, plenty of good things.
Police state of course, but accentuate the positive,and it's fine. Any budget works. Don't need to be rich.
Taipei is also good. Helps to have a purpose, business, trade show, something.
Look us up if you come.
Dunny