A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Established in 1648, the oldest of Tokyo’s restaurants survives today as a tiny tamagoyaki takeout stand

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.

Visit the cherry blossoms at Tokyo’s unofficial smallest mountain.

All 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac are depicted in anthropomorphized deity form.

Overlooked by many, this tiny sacred island in Ueno Park only opens to the public every 12 days.

This park was once home to now-extinct Naumann's elephants, and what might have been a real Banksy.

A small park inhabited by handmade water goblins.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

A somber statue commemorating a Danish merfolk-tale.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

This one-of-a-kind shrine is dedicated to a girl who was too beautiful for her own good.

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.

In the former treasury of a popular temple, a rare sculptural depiction of Kannon’s diverse avatars.

An ancient mountain-cut pass runs largely forgotten in the suburbs of Kamakura.

A mysterious, perhaps haunted plot of land, untouched by modern development.

This unassuming tunnel’s name recalls a storied "cat pond" that has now been lost.

Iconic Japanese movies were made at this forgotten film-studio-site-turned-mall.

A giant statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy watches over the town of Ōfuna.

A romantic escape inspired by the legend of a child-eating five-headed dragon.