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Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

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

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

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

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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