The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.