Your stomach and eyes will thank you for making a stop at this seaside town’s side-street dessert spot.
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Seven great destinations and a chance to save almost 150,000 yen if you’re especially lucky.
It’s an amazing age we live in, where you can fire up Google Street View and virtually walk the boulevards of many of the world’s cities. But it turns out Google Street View has a bit of a rival in Japan. Granted, its scope is far smaller than Google’s, given that it only covers part of one town, but it shows up the Internet giant by letting you wander its walkways from the perspective of an alley cat, and even provides profiles of all the neighborhood kitties you’ll meet along the way!





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