Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

You can receive a blessing for your electronics at this Shinto shrine near Akihabara.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

A Korean village where times stands still.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

The former home of a foreign correspondent who reported on Korea’s independence movement has been restored and is open to the public.

The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

An early Korean refrigerator.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Only the stone foundations remain of one of the greatest Buddhist temples in early East Asian history.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

At the time of its construction, this type of door was nearly unheard of.

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.