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  "name": "CostCompass cost-of-living prices",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "CostCompass",
    "url": "https://costcompass.net"
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "attribution": "Source: CostCompass (https://costcompass.net)",
  "documentation": "https://costcompass.net/data",
  "methodology": "https://costcompass.net/methodology",
  "generated": "2026-10-14T02:15:39.269Z",
  "observedFrom": "2026-09-16",
  "observedTo": "2026-10-14",
  "currency": "USD",
  "inclusionRule": "A price is included only when every source behind it is a live scraper (API, HTML or browser) and the newest observation is at most 60 days old. Prices backed by a static table, an unidentified source, or — for restaurant and café fields — a food-delivery app are shown on the website but withheld here. A missing price means no qualifying source produced one; nothing is estimated or filled in.",
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    "name": "Kyoto",
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      "code": "JP",
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    "longitude": 135.7681,
    "page": "https://costcompass.net/living/cities/kyoto",
    "data": "https://costcompass.net/data/cities/kyoto.json",
    "attribution": "Source: CostCompass, cost of living in Kyoto (https://costcompass.net/living/cities/kyoto)",
    "citation": "CostCompass (2026). Cost of living in Kyoto, Japan. Data as of 2026-10-14. https://costcompass.net/living/cities/kyoto. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
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