Turin, Italy
The Dome of San Lorenzo
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
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Turin, Italy
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Tokyo, Japan
Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.
Okinawa, Japan
Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.
Kumano-chō, Japan
This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.
Tokyo, Japan
This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.
Tokyo, Japan
Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.
Tokyo, Japan
After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.
Sakai Ward, Japan
One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
Tokamachi, Japan
Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Suita-shi, Japan
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
Tokyo, Japan
This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Kyoto, Japan
With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.
Tokyo, Japan
Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.
Naoshima, Japan
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Tokyo, Japan
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.
Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Tokyo, Japan
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Tokyo, Japan
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.