This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

A collection of trees from each of the 47 Japanese prefectures.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

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

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

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.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

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

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.