Yokohama does not improve on further acquaintance. It has a dead-alive look. It has irregularity without picturesqueness, and the grey sky, grey sea, grey houses, and grey roofs, look harmoniously dull.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
It's a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city.
In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at.
Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.
So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.
Japan, not only a mega-busy city that thrives on electronics and efficiency, actually has an almost sacred appreciation of nature. One must travel outside of Tokyo to truly experience the 'old Japan' and more importantly feel these aspects of Japanese culture.
The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.
Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.
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