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Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

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

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.