I think he's mentioned Nagoya pref, which is kinda countrysideish and less expensive to live in. (and also houses can be of better build.)
"Appointment Reminder’s key stat of interest is monthly recurring revenue on our publicly available plans, since this is the most predictable revenue in any of our businesses and thus lets me make consequential decisions like “Move the family to Tokyo, where rents are 5X what they were in Ogaki” (that happened, more later” or “Bring on help” (that also happened, more later)."