A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

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

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

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

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

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

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare to enter.

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

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.