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Sapporo
- Sapporo Beer Brewery
- Ramen Alleyway

Saroma
- Quiet small village
- Bike up to the coast

Abashiri
- Shiretoko National Park, good hiking
- Good Napalese restaurant (forgot name)

Asahikawa
- Camping and drinking

Hirosaki
- Apple Orchards
- Castle not worth going to
- Old weird themed restaurant (50s japanese paraphanelia)
- Onsen

Tsuruoka
Haguro-san
- Very difficult hike
- Wooden Pagoda
- Certificate for having climbed stairs
- Taiko Drumming lessons with couch surfer

Tokyo
- Tsukiji Fish Market
- Yoyogi Park
- Harajuko Youth
- Shinjuku Fashion Shops
- Akihabara Maid Cafes, Arcades, Anime and Karaoke
- Tokyo Tower
- Sumo Wrestling
- Kabuki Theater Kabukiza
- Godzilla statue in Ginza
- Ginza high end retail
- Asakusa market with food
- Ueno Park and free concerts in open theater some days
- MOMAT
- Nakano for weird old toy shops
- Nekobukuro - shop where you can cuddle with tons of cats
- Waseda Tram - enjoyable ride
- Ebisu Beer Brewery paired with visit to Photography Gallery
- Tokyo Game Show
- Odaiba - cool architecture, missed Museum of Technology
- Ghibli Museum

Nikko
- Nice old style temples
- Original three evils monkeys

Kanazawa
- Pongyi Guesthouse
- Gardens
- Castle
- Samurai District
- Geisha District
- Old traditional candy
- Ninja house
- Meditation at temple

Osaka
- Ramen Museum
- Aquarium was way too full
- Walking around
- Went up towers for good view
- Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki (Food big thing there)
- Walk down main street
- Very strange red light district
- Walk around city
- Sky train around city

Kobe
- Bird and Flower Garden
- Sake breweries
- Art stuff happening
- Festival in nearby Himeji

Kyoto & Nara
- Many temples and historical sights

Hiroshima
- Atomic Bomb Museum
- Okonomiyaki area

Iya Valley
- Nice fall colors and disappointing "ivy" bridge

Matsuyama
- Dogo Onsen
- Mt. Ishizuichi with chains to climb steep area, beautiful colors in fall
- Relax after climbing at onsen
- Very very good small Okonomiyaki place kind of at a three way intersection and a river, south area of the city

Takahama Ferry - Abandoned Building

Fukuoka
- ACROS building
- Ramen restuarant very popular with locals