Once an erosional cave, this scenic arch was lifted up above the sea's surface by an earthquake.

In the dollmaking capital of Japan, a museum dedicated to the traditional craft

An American mascot that became a lucky god in Japan, enshrined in a city far from the main center of his worship.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

This house was once the residence of Aisin-Gioro Pujie, the younger brother of China’s last emperor.

This park was once home to now-extinct Naumann's elephants, and what might have been a real Banksy.

They say the internet is forever but just in case, the shiba inu behind an iconic meme has been immortalized in bronze.

A small park inhabited by handmade water goblins.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

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

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

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

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Chiseled out of a sandstone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project lies in ruins.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Fifty-odd dinosaur footprints are preserved on this strip of mountain cliff along with ancient ripple marks.