Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Visit a speakeasy-like indie cinema specializing in 16mm and 35mm films.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

An eclectic fountain commemorating the 1964 Summer Olympics.

The oft-overlooked site of one of the first marine biological research facilities in the world.

A romantic escape inspired by the legend of a child-eating five-headed dragon.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."

This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.