The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

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.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

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

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.

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

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

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

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Next door to Tokyo DisneySea is a giant sculpture created by Taro Okamoto symbolizing the dynamism of life.