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This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.