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A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

A temple made famous by Japanese Buddhist monks who sacrificed themselves at sea.

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

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.