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  1. 1A long wooden corridor of cells under a skylight in the old prison blockPhoto: HOKKAIDO LOVE! Photo Library (Hokkaido Tourism Organization) / not for reuseAbashiri Prison MuseumHokkaido
  2. 2The Akiu Great Falls pouring into a green pool, surrounded by forestPhoto: Tak1701d / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Akiu Great FallsMiyagi
  3. 3A draft horse pulling a sled at night with a jockey beside it and coloured lights behindPhoto: MIKI Yoshihito / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Banei Tokachi, Obihiro RacecourseHokkaido
  4. 4No photo yetEntsuin TempleMiyagi
  5. 5Blue water with standing dead larches, and green forest behindPhoto: AndyLeungHK / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Shirogane Blue PondHokkaido

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