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This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A rare statue representing a monk who peeled off his own face to show divinity

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.