3 Japanese cities named among world’s top 10 largest cities by luxury magazine

A U.S. luxury and lifestyle travel magazine has ranked three Japanese cities among the world’s best 10 large cities.

Conde Nast Traveler put Tokyo at the top for the fourth successive year. Kyoto ranked second for the second year in a row, and Osaka moved up from 12th to fifth.

It is the first time three Japanese cities have made the top 10, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

Singapore came third and Vienna was fourth. Copenhagen ranked sixth, followed by Amsterdam, Barcelona, Taipei and Sydney.

More than 600,000 readers cast votes for the list. The list is only for cities outside the U.S.

Tokyo was described as “a fever dream you don’t want to wake up from.” Gov. Yuriko Koike said she was “delighted and honored” that the capital was chosen as the best large city in the world, ahead of Tokyo hosting the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo)

luxury
（名）豪華さ、ぜいたく、高級品
（形）豪華な、高級な、ぜいたくな
◆in the lap of luxury（ぜいたくに）
◆On our next vacation, we plan to stay at a highly-rated luxury resort on the beach.
（次の休暇では、ビーチにある高評価の高級リゾートに滞在する予定だ）

successive
（形）連続する、次に続く、歴代の
◆successive change（連続的な変化）
◆The crowd cheered as the baseball team won their sixth successive game.
（その野球チームが6連戦で勝利し、観客は歓声を上げた）

row
（名）列、横列
（動）～を並べる
◆in a row（連続して）
◆The children were standing in neat rows as their principal gave her speech.
（校長がスピーチをしたので、子供たちはきちんと並んで立っていた）

according
（形）一致した、従った
◆according to～（～によれば）
◆According to news outlets, the new tech company’s future looked promising.
（報道機関によると、新しいハイテク企業の将来は有望だそうだ）

cast
（動）～を投げる、～に役を与える
（名）投げること、配役、
◆cast away（投げ捨てる）
◆A statement from the witness cast doubt over the accused man’s story.
（目撃者の証言は被告人の話に疑問を投げかけた）

delighted
（形）喜んでいる
◆delighted with～（～を喜んでいる）
◆Everyone was delighted to see their former teacher again.
（前任の先生との再会にみんなが喜んだ）
☞delight（名）楽しみ、喜び

honored
（形）誇りに思う、称えられる
◆honored by～（～によって表彰される）
◆Mr. Morris is here this evening as our honored guest to speak on the current economic environment.
（モリス氏は、現在の経済環境について講演する名誉あるゲストとして、今晩こちらにいる）