In the past couple of years, I've had the opportunity to do some touring in Japan. I've found that Tokyo is probably my least favorite city. Places that I would prefer to live if I could make a living there as a trumpet player are:
Sapporo
Kagoshima
Fukuoka
Nagano
Nagoya
Odawara
Kyoto

If you have a chance to come to Japan, please go to some other areas of Japan. So many people only come to Tokyo. Don't get me wrong. Tokyo is a huge, interesting and very exciting city. I'm very lucky to be living here at this time and able to actually make a living as a trumpet player. But.........