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Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

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

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.