The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.

The last remaining predreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

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

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.