Disclosure:<\/strong> I run genchijapan.com. This is my own dataset.<\/p>\n What it is<\/strong><\/p>\n A table of the rules foreign visitors keep asking about in Japan \u2014 is Gion closed to photos, can you drink on the street in Shibuya, is there a fine for smoking in Osaka, what the tax-free refund rules actually say \u2014 with the things that are usually missing from English answers:<\/p>\n Manners are excluded on purpose: they can’t be sourced.<\/p>\n Honest limits<\/strong><\/p>\n Links<\/strong><\/p>\n CC BY 4.0. Corrections with a source URL are the most useful thing you can send me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n submitted by \/u\/GenchiJapan <\/a> \n
level<\/code> \u2014 national law \/ prefectural ordinance \/ city ordinance \/ district rule with no statutory force<\/strong> (e.g. a neighbourhood council’s posted \u00a510,000 “fine”)<\/li>\nauthority<\/code> \u2014 who issued it<\/li>\npenalty<\/code> and since<\/code> \u2014 fine amount and effective date<\/li>\nsource<\/code> \u2014 URL of the primary source (e-Gov statute text, ministry or city page) or, where the issuer has no web page, press coverage<\/li>\nverified<\/code> \u2014 date a human last checked the row against the source<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
source_label<\/code> tells you which.<\/li>\nverified<\/code> is a date, not a guarantee. Rules change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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