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Cities
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Tokyo
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Kyoto
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Osaka
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Fukuoka
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Sapporo
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Yokohama
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Hiroshima
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Kamakura
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Kobe
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Nagoya
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Nara
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Kanazawa
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Naha
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Nikko
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Takayama
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Miyajima
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Kumamoto
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Hakodate
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Sendai
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Nagasaki
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Otaru
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Karuizawa
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Matsuyama
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Kawagoe
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Uji
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Okayama
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Takamatsu
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Hakone
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Fujikawaguchiko
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Matsumoto
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Himeji
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Kagoshima
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Toyama
Atami
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Gifu
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Shimonoseki
Kitakyushu
Miyazaki
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Onomichi
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Koyasan
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Beppu
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Inuyama
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Morioka
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Dazaifu
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Tokushima
Kurashiki
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Shirakawa-go
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Nagano
Niigata
Kinosaki Onsen
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Ishigaki
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Kochi, Japan
Shizuoka
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Izumo
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Miyakojima
Tomonoura
Biei
Furano
Takachiho
Iwakuni
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Kamikochi
Kotohira
Matsushima
Yokosuka
Amanohashidate
Aizuwakamatsu
Gujo Hachiman
Kakunodate
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Tottori
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Aomori
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Hagi
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Ise
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Hikone
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Magome
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Matsue
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Hirosaki
Motobu
Noboribetsu
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Kusatsu
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Nachikatsuura
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Kumano Hongu
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Shirahama
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Yufuin
Shimabara
Omihachiman
Mount Takao
Hiraizumi
Tsukuba
Narita
Kawasaki
Aso
Sakai
Chatan
Toyako
Kure
Takaoka
Naoshima
All free places in Japan
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Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC0 Senso-ji Temple
Free, always
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
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Photo: Melvin Loi from Macau, Macau, CC BY-SA 2.0 Yoyogi Park
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Photo: David Kernan, CC BY 4.0 Shibuya Crossing
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Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Fushimi Inari Taisha
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Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 Philosopher’s Path
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Free, alwaysKuromon Market
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Free outside, paid insideNaramachi
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Free, alwaysYasaka Shrine
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Photo: Wolfiewolf from Pontocho street in Nakagyo, Kyoto, CC BY 2.0 Pontocho Alley
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Photo: Moja, CC BY-SA 3.0 Kamo River walk
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Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 Heian Jingu
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Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nanzen-ji and the aqueduct
Free outside, paid insideKeage Incline
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Photo: Mochi at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Shimogamo Shrine and Tadasu no Mori
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Free outside, paid inside
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Free outside, paid insideKyoto Gyoen National Garden
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Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0 Kobo-san market at To-ji
Free at certain times
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Free, alwaysTogetsukyo Bridge
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Free, alwaysImperial Palace East Gardens
Free, alwaysNijubashi Bridge
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Free, alwaysKITTE Garden rooftop
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Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
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