[mysecretaccount]

It reminded me of Milan: a lovely place to live, but a pointless place to visit as a tourist. And I'm at least a CEFR B1 in the language - it would be an atrocious place to visit if you have no Japanese. No clue why the article recommends it (except maybe as an attempt to establish credibility).

[seanmcdirmid]

Ya, Milan was pretty bad. Got out to Genoa in one night when I realized it just wasn’t going to work out for more than a day.