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This station on an abandoned railway line, named for “happiness,” is still a popular destination for lovers.

Located in the large-scale shopping mall is an otherwise unassuming aquarium featuring species native to Okinawa waters.

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

This bakery in Japan is one of the few places that still sells 'salad bread,' a short-lived staple in the post-World War II years.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

Marvel at the world's largest collection of jellyfish, including more than 10,000 undulating moon jellies.

Retro as can be, this cinema still uses film reels and screens revivals of Shōwa-era hits and classics.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

The only Kurdish restaurant in Japan invites you to learn and feast.

This century-old electronics store-turned-cafe serves comforting, retro fare.

For half a century, this Arabian-inspired retro café has been an oasis for locals in Okinawa’s central tourist area.

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

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

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.