Not literally...but so far, my experience here has made me feel like life in Tokyo is like camping. There's the announcement system, the food carts, and those politician/recycle shop trucks that come by with their loud speakers...the address system by area, streets with no names...and the apartments with their gas supply provided by giant tanks that are chained to the outside. The unpaved parking lots, the air drying everything, it just doesn't feel like a modern city outside the crowded skyscraper landscape of downtown. Then there's the size of the apartments, the build quality, etc.
To further my case, I think this past year between, the airbed, storage containers, lights and tables, I've found more and more camping gear is cheaper and better suited to living in this area than what most J-people are using. (and can be kept and used for camping if ever replaced by normal furniture/appliances) If you could actually see the labels on what I have, it looks like my apartment was sponsored by Coleman. Even the bigger place I'm supposed to be moving into has no stove/oven, etc. You just know I'm already shopping portable camping stoves.
Hmmm
Obvious camp stove or...
...the not really camping status anymore but looks like it would be insanely expensive if bought in Japan stove
Am I just missing something or just crazy?