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Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

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

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.