A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

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

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.