The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

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

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

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.