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A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.