Kyoto, Japan
Nishiki Market
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
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Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Tokyo, Japan
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Zhangjiajie, China
This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Yichang, China
A cliff-hanging restaurant.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Next to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office stands this rose-colored mosque.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Singapore
Legend holds that a tortoise turned itself into this island to save two shipwrecked sailors.
Singapore
A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.
Singapore
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
Singapore
A replica of the lost rock cliff that was once significant in Singapore's maritime history.
Singapore
This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.
Singapore
This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.
Singapore
Singapore's Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West is a social hotspot for songbirds and their humans.
Singapore
The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.
Singapore
The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.
Taipei, Taiwan
This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.
Tainan City, Taiwan
Enter this dragon-shaped temple to see animatronic scenes depicting heaven and hell.
Budai Township, Taiwan
Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.