A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.