Minakami, Japan
Doai Train Station
Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?
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Minakami, Japan
Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?
Takasaki, Japan
Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.
Andong, South Korea
A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.
Gyeongju, South Korea
Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.
Itaewon-ro, South Korea
Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Taipei, Taiwan
This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.
Tokyo, Japan
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Baalbek, Lebanon
The largest hewn stone in history.
Jitta, Lebanon
A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.
Kyoto, Japan
The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.