When compared to living in the States, how different of life would one find living in Japan?

Question:

Assuming you live in Tokyo or other major cities in Japan.

Answer:

1. compact (in the U.S. you have to have a car to go shopping; that's not the case in japan)
2. public transportation (train and bus ) is generally more developed (if you live in middle to large city) like new york city.
3. Crowded (lots of people)
4. In a big city, people are often cold.
5. Compared to the U.S. everything is generally more expensive (food, clothing, furniture although they may be in better quality).
6. climate is very different (dry winter and very humid hot summer).
7. they probably have more community-based annual events (such as festival in summer).
8. There are lots of Buddhism and Shinto shrines like churches in the U.S.
9. Most Japanese are atheistic or agnostic although their philosophical stances are more toward Buddhism and Shintoism.