A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

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

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

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

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

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

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

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

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

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

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

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

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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

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

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

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

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