A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

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

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

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

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

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

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

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

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.