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A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

The longest skywalk in Taiwan.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

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

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

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

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.