A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.