I was in Fukuoka last week for business. Fukuoka is the heart of Kyushu Island and locates between Shanghai and Tokyo; 1.5 hours flight to both cities and 1 hour to Seoul, Korea.
I found some SME were very aggressive and active. It is no longer the era of Tokyo and Osaka to lead business in Japan. There are a lot of potentials in this kind of the local cities in Japan.
Next week, I plan to arrange some business development tour for the city of Fukuoka in WA state in the US.