This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

An early Korean refrigerator.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.