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A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.