This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

A temple made famous by Japanese Buddhist monks who sacrificed themselves at sea.

Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

Nestled amid the trees lies an abandoned funicular railway that dates back to the 1920s.

A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

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

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

Over 40 species of fern cover the canyon walls of this lush green bowl, cut off from the bustle of the world by a cave entrance.