Since the majority of people who contact JACA expressing interest in Japanese Akitas live in cities and suburbs rather than rural areas (and because the majority of our members are familiar with raising their Japanese Akitas in urban and suburban America), we concentrated our efforts to reflect those living circumstances. The blogs in this series can be quite in-depth so we recommend you make yourself a cup of green tea or a beverage of your choice before reading them. We also recommend you read the series before getting your Japanese Akita.