This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

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

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.