Tokyo, Japan
Sōgenji Temple (Kappa-Dera)
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
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Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Tokyo, Japan
Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
Tokyo, Japan
For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.
Kamakura, Japan
Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.
Kamakura, Japan
The legendary Japanese filmmaker’s tombstone is marked by a single letter meaning “nothing," and bottles of sake.
Kamakura, Japan
The preserved ruins of the Hōjō clan’s palatial estate, hidden in the basement of a tourist information center.
Kamakura, Japan
Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.
Kamakura, Japan
A giant statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy watches over the town of Ōfuna.
Kamakura, Japan
Once upon a time in Kamakura, a five-headed dragon fell in love with an Indian water goddess.
Kamakura, Japan
An ancient mountain-cut pass runs largely forgotten in the suburbs of Kamakura.
Hakone, Japan
The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.
Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.