Everyone who travels has a favorite city he or she longs to return to again and again, a home away from home. For me it's Tokyo. Clean, safe and the epicenter of Japanese culture, it also has to be the friendliest city in the world. I've found that Japanese people try harder than anyone else to show hospitality to visitors and appreciation to those who respect their culture. Above all else, I've formed more close friendships on my brief visits to Tokyo than I have in all my years in my hometown NYC.
Over the next week or two, I'll be doing a series of posts to share the experiences I enjoyed in Tokyo -- more or less in chronological order -- while visiting several different friends.
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