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This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Pilots from around the world come to this park to fly gliders.

Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.

This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

An old-fashioned school with interesting grounds and deep history, including the original Mito Castle gate.

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.