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

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.