A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

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

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.