Yonaguni, Japan
Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei (Yonaguni Monument)
The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?
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Yonaguni, Japan
The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?
Mine, Japan
Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.
Izena-son, Japan
Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.
Wakayama, Japan
A Japanese shrine to dolls.
Kamikawa-chō, Japan
A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.
Neyagawa-shi, Japan
A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.
Yūbari-shi, Japan
This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.
Sendai, Japan
One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.
Ōsaki, Japan
A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.
Miyakejima, Japan
Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.
Tokamachi, Japan
Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.
Uozu-shi, Japan
Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
Ichikawa, Japan
Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.
Kurashiki-shi, Japan
A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
Nagasaki, Japan
The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.
Tōkamachi-shi, Japan
This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.
Takaoka, Japan
This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.
Kobayashi, Japan
Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?
Rikuzentakata-shi, Japan
A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.
Ushiku, Japan
The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.
Ashibetsu, Japan
A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.
Inakadate, Japan
Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.
Shingo, Japan
A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).