Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.