Kyoto, Japan
Nishiki Market
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
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Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Jeju-si, South Korea
South Korea's only sex-themed park.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Paris, France
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Venice, Italy
The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Kassel, Germany
A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Otsu, Japan
Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Inuyama, Japan
An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.
Hida, Japan
Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.
Takayama, Japan
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Mito, Japan
The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.
Mito, Japan
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.
Ushiku, Japan
The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.
Kasukabe, Japan
The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.
Yokohama, Japan
The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.