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What started as a tailor shop to help swimmers live their mermaid dreams has grown into a full-scale aquarium, complete with live mermaid shows.

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Fanatical collections of vintage toys, dolls, clothes, and objects.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

A mile-long trail of pottery culture, full of clay pipes and lucky cats, including one that’s 12.5 feet tall.

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

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

This Spanish theme park stands out in the Japanese countryside.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.