These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

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

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.