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A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.