Yokohama, Japan
Umi-Shibaura Station
Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.
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Yokohama, Japan
Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.
Komaki, Japan
The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.
Nasu, Japan
Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.
Tokyo, Japan
This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."
Kure, Japan
Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.
Kanazawa, Japan
Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
Yokosuka, Japan
The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Tokyo, Japan
Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.
Niigata, Japan
This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
Ishigaki, Japan
Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.
Tokyo, Japan
Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.
Tokyo, Japan
This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.
Narusawa, Japan
One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.
Hiroshima, Japan
An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.
Yufu, Japan
This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.
Kamakura, Japan
This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.
Ojika-chō, Japan
A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.
Tokyo, Japan
Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.
Osaka, Japan
This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.
Tokyo, Japan
The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.
Otsuki, Japan
According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.
Soja, Japan
A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.
Tokyo, Japan
Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.
Kitagawa, Japan
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.