A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A long-worshipped mountain, considered a "power spot" and suspected to be an ancient pyramid by some.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

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

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

The oldest iron bridge in Japan is preserved and unassumingly placed over a pedestrian path.

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

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

This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.