A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.