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Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

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

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

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

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

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

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.