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Is the water really that safe in Japan?
Isn’t Japan supposed to generally have safe water? The short answer is yes, but it depends on your location and if your water is tap or well water. I don’t have concrete evidence, but I have heard stories of foreigners coming to Japan only to have their teeth start to go bad after a few months of living here. Japan is rumored to have a good reputation for good drinking water. I lived in a town in a Shizuoka that boasts great fresh drinking water from Mt. Fuji. Sure, it tasted alright, but for whatever reason, my teeth were always hopelessly getting stained and I was getting warnings from dentists…