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Temples, shrines, viewpoints, and neighborhoods that cost nothing to visit, and are worth it anyway.
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Real details on Tokyo's St. Patrick's Day Parade and Green Ireland Festival: free admission, Asia's first St. Patrick's parade, and what the family found at Yoyogi Park the year it returned from a 3-year COVID hiatus.
We already reviewed the Tokyo Fire Museum's trucks and rooftop helicopter. Real photos of the museum's other free wing: a kids' firefighter dress-up corner and simulator we left out.
A free apartment-window view of Tokyo's ginkgo trees turning gold, right on schedule. Real history of the city's official tree, no ticket required.
A free pedestrian bridge between Asakusa and Skytree, strung with lights the night Adam's parents flew in to meet us. Real history of the walkway, no admission either way.
A free night view from an Osaka apartment caught Tempozan Bridge lit pink. Real reason why: a documented seasonal lighting system, not a one-off display.
Chuo-dori, Ginza's main shopping street, closes to cars every weekend and public holiday, a tradition dating to 1970. Free to walk, real history, and why it was empty on a Tuesday.
Japan doesn't really celebrate Easter, but a free pop-up market under a kilometer from Osaka Castle had bunny ears, stalls, and a six-foot pink rabbit anyway.
A free Taito park with a bouldering wall, a net tunnel, and two giant slides built into an artificial hill. Real photos, real details, and a verdict.
Kappabashi is 800 meters of restaurant supply shops between Ueno and Asakusa, free to walk, famous for hyper-realistic plastic food. Real history, real prices, a verdict.
