Haunted by a giant white snake, this pond is said to bring the rain and pubic hair.

According to Japanese mythology, the first rice paddy in history was created here many aeons ago.

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

A mountain demon once helped a local villager construct a canal, after which he sat on this oak tree to rest.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

The site of an ancient city pillar that was lost and rediscovered.