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

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

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

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.