A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

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