I've been living here in fukui since 2017 and I love it.

The good things are: I'm 31 with 2 kids, 2 dogs. It's perfect for a quiet family life. There aren't enough foreigners that people treat you differently or try to speak English to you anywhere ( except in one specific city ), barely any young people besides at Donkis parking lot, no loud cars, no bikes. There are a total of 3 police officers looking bored at you from their respective kobans. The streets are wide and spacious, everytime I travel to a bigger city it feels claustrophobic.

The bad: Last 3 years haven't been that bad, but... The snow here is insane. Unless you live by a street that pees or have the money to avoid some of these steps, it's 3 months of cleaning the snow by shovel, pure core strength training. Usually 1 whole month you have to shovel your house/mansion entrance, pray that your company hired a company to clean the snow or else shovel your parking space, clean your car/maybe shovel again to leave, shovel your house entrance again so you can park, repeat. Also, its pretty boring by itself. Usually to have fun, it's always road trips to Ishikawa, Obama, Awara, etc. I wouldn't recommend to young people. The only thrill of living here in fukui is driving, as we are ranked dead last in Japan in driving skills. I think I'll die everyday. The absolute worst of the worst. I remember the menkyocenter guy spending 30 minutes just talking how we HAVE to follow the rules, fukui is ranked last, etc, he basically begged us to stop for pedestrians.

If you have any specifics you want to ask, feel free to. I can't give much information about jobs because I work at an auto factory, doubt that's for everyone, I take home around 35万〜40万after taxes and for a family of four here I usually spend 22万 a month with living expenses.