Yokohama, Japan
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
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Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Kyoto, Japan
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Yokosuka, Japan
The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Tokyo, Japan
The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.
Tokyo, Japan
Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.
Tokyo, Japan
A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Tokyo, Japan
One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."
Tokyo, Japan
A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.
Tokyo, Japan
A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.
Tokyo, Japan
Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.
Kamakura, Japan
Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.
Kamakura, Japan
This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.
Ikaruga, Japan
Home to the world's oldest wooden building.
Yoshimi, Japan
This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.
Yusuhara, Japan
High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.
Takayama, Japan
A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.
Kazuno, Japan
Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.
Hachioji, Japan
This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.
Tokushima-shi, Japan
"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.