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I have to say that on the two occasions I've been to Tokyo I found it beautifully clean ... But then my home is London, which really IS filthy, and I don't think I've seen enough of Japan to compare (I have only been to Tokyo and Nagano)
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I agree that for a huge city, Tokyo is quite clean. But as far as a Japanese city goes, I find it pretty grimy. Perspective, I suppose.
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People do not just go to Tokyo because it's Tokyo. They go there because it's Tokyo!
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I know they go there because it`s Tokyo. That is my point, really. I`m not bashing anyone who loved Tokyo on a visit to Japan. I`m basically saying that as someone who
lives in Japan, and who is familiar with other locations in Japan, my view of the city is quite a bit different than that of someone who is on vacation in Tokyo.
In my view, big Japanese cities really tend to be pretty homogeneous. There isn`t something, to me, that makes Tokyo stand out as being unique... Other than the level of the negatives I listed earlier.
Osaka is a step down on the negative scale, and Nagoya is one more step down (with more open space and parks).
The real variety of Japan is when you get to much smaller cities, but that is an entirely different topic.