> Tokyo is one of the worst places I’ve visited
and
> Kyoto is my absolute favourite place
Are people’s personal experiences now to be conflated with claims of an objective nature? I’m not sure why you would do that but it’s no better than a straw man.
Kyoto is just an example as it’s my favourite place I’ve visited. But pretty much everyone outside of Tokyo is a billion times better than those in Tokyo.
Edit: also I said one of the worst places I’ve visited. I didn’t say most unfriendly.
The local post office in a Setagaya suburb and the ticket office for the ferry in Asakusa are going to be worlds apart.