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Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.

The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

A peaceful place to spot the rare and iconic red-crowned crane.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Ever-changing museum dedicated to graffiti and contemporary street art.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.