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

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

A group of medieval rock-cut Buddhist statues created to save people from the volcanic hell that surrounds them.

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

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

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

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

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

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

A unique memorial made up of a collection of memorials, all commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

Located in the large-scale shopping mall is an otherwise unassuming aquarium featuring species native to Okinawa waters.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.