swap_horiz Asahikawa Alternatives

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Matsumoto

Matsumoto, located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, is known for its well-preserved black wooden Matsumoto Castle and as a g...

Japan Nagano Japanese City Core City

8.8 Great

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Himeji

Himeji is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, famed for its remarkably well-preserved medieval castle, designated as a UN...

Japan Japanese City Core City Castle Town

8.6 Great

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Sapporo

Sapporo, located on the island of Hokkaido, is Japan's fifth-largest city and renowned for hosting the annual Sapporo Sn...

Japan Hokkaido Urban Japanese City

8.5 Great

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Hakodate

Hakodate, located on Hokkaido Island, was one of Japan's first port cities opened to foreign trade in 1859 and boasts st...

Historic Japan Hokkaido Tourism

8.3 Great

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Kurashiki

Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, flourished as a vital inland port during the Edo period due to its canal system and cotto...

Historic Japan Japanese City Core City

8.3 Great

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Nagano

Nagano is a city in the mountainous central region of Japan, famously hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and known for its...

Mountain Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.7 Good

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Toyama

Toyama, located on Japan’s Sea of Japan coast, is known for its mountainous terrain, abundant snowfall, and the historic...

Coastal Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.4 Good

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Morioka

Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, is known for its cold winters and abundant snowfall, historically influencing local cu...

Japan Tohoku Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.1 Good

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Yamagata

Yamagata City, located in central Honshu, Japan, is known for its vibrant cherry blossoms along the Yoshi River and as t...

Japan Inland Tohoku Japanese City

7.0 Good

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Gifu

Gifu City, located in central Honshu, Japan, historically served as the capital of the ancient Gifu Province and is know...

Historic Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

7.0 Good

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Akita

Akita City, located in northern Japan's Akita Prefecture, is known for its harsh winters, stunning mountainous landscape...

Coastal Japan Tohoku Japanese City

6.8 Fair

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Fukui

Fukui City, located in central Japan's Honshu island, is renowned for its production of traditional washi paper and as t...

Historic Japan Japanese City Prefectural Capital

6.7 Fair

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Nagaoka

Nagaoka, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is known for its vibrant music scene centered around the biwa, a traditional Japa...

Japan Inland Japanese City Chubu

6.6 Fair

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Okazaki

Okazaki, located in central Honshu, Japan, is historically significant as the birthplace of novelist Natsume Sōseki and...

Historic Japan Japanese City Core City

6.5 Fair

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Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, is known for its substantial production of sweet potatoes, particularly the "Masu-imo" v...

Japan Kanto Japanese City Prefectural Capital

6.4 Fair

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Hachioji

Hachioji, located west of Tokyo, is a substantial city known for its extensive agricultural land, vibrant arts scene cen...

Japan Tokyo Suburban Kanto

6.4 Fair

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Takasaki

Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is known for its production of high-quality wind instruments, particularly clarinets...

Japan Kanto Japanese City Core City

6.3 Fair

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Toyohashi

Toyohashi, located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a significant commercial hub known for its agriculture, partic...

Japan Port City Japanese City Core City

6.2 Fair

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Funabashi

Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is a large suburban city located east of Tokyo with a population exceeding 400,000 a...

Japan Bay Kanto Japanese City

6.1 Fair

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Fukushima

Fukushima is a Japanese city and prefecture impacted by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, which led to a nuc...

Japan Inland Tohoku Japanese City

5.9 Mediocre