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Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

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

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.