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Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

The former site of the U.S. military base redeveloped as an art district, boasting a collection of 109 public artworks from 36 countries.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The origin of this bizarre, ghostly idol is a local mystery, even to the temple it calls home.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

This replica of the Statue of Liberty is a quarter of the size of the real thing. It sits on the same latitude as the original, but on the other side of the world.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.

A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer, Kenji Miyazawa.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.