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Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.