> The BBC didn't need to go all the way to Tokyo - they could find this in pretty much any Spanish city. This. When my Japanese girlfriend finally visited my s

> The BBC didn't need to go all the way to Tokyo - they could find this in pretty much any Spanish city. This. When my Japanese girlfriend finally visited my small hometown in Spain, she was surprised how lively the city was. Not Madrid or Barcelona, but just a small 100k city. In Japan the big cities are cool, but small cities are ugly and boring.