Kyoto, Japan
Ukiyoe Small Museum
A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.
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Kyoto, Japan
A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.
Inuyama, Japan
An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.
Kesennuma, Japan
450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.
Kawasaki, Japan
The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
Tondabayashi, Japan
A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Wakayama, Japan
A Japanese shrine to dolls.
Tateyama-machi, Japan
A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.
Ōzora-chō, Japan
Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.
Takaoka, Japan
This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.
Kobe, Japan
A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.
Tomigusuku, Japan
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Mutsu, Japan
This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.
Kyoto, Japan
Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.
Ushiku, Japan
The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.
Kyoto, Japan
A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.
Tokyo, Japan
A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.
Hiraizumi, Japan
Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.
Mito, Japan
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.
Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan
A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.
Miyakejima, Japan
Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.
Isahaya, Japan
This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.