Kyoto, Japan
Kameya Kiyonaga
This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."
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Kyoto, Japan
This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."
Motobu, Japan
One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.
Hachimantai, Japan
Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.
Tokyo, Japan
It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar.
Kyoto, Japan
One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
Kyoto, Japan
Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.
Shirakawa-mura, Japan
This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.
Kyoto, Japan
This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.
Iwaizumi, Japan
A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.
Takehara, Japan
Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.
Himeji, Japan
Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.
Kyoto, Japan
A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.
Tokyo, Japan
A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.
Kyoto, Japan
With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.
Tokyo, Japan
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.