Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

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

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

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

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The southernmost postal office in South America.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.