The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.