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Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

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

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

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

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

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

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

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

The world's largest permanent architectural projection display entertains audiences nightly with 28-story light shows.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.