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A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.