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Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

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