He lived in Kyoto Prefecture from the age of one until graduating from university, and lived in Osaka Prefecture and Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture for a short period after graduation; he spent the greater part of his life in Kyoto Prefecture.
1歳から大学までは京都、大学を出て一時大阪や西宮市にいたこともあるが人生の大半は京都で過ごしたことになる。