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Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

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

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.