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Overlooked by many, this tiny sacred island in Ueno Park only opens to the public every 12 days.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.