B&E 1st trip to Japan

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Sōgenji Temple (Kappa-Dera)

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

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Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Sebastian Wortys

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Suga Shrine Staircase

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

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Intermediatheque

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

KoinuSensei

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Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Molly McBride Jacobson

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Kochia Hill

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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Sagano Bamboo Forest

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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Yokai Street

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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Nishiki Market

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

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Ukiyoe Small Museum

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

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Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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The Vine Bridges of Iya Valley

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Dylan

Museum of Kites

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

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Mushizuka at Kan'ei-ji Temple

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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Vowz

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Oliver Hong

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Nagashi Somen

Gastro Obscura

Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.

Gastro Obscura

Anne Ewbank

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Sanjūsangen-dō

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

Josh

Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Added by jupimako

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