This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

The birthplace of Japanese coinage.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

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

This massive, Edo Period, coin-shaped sand painting is believed to be a source of great luck.

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

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Nestled amid the trees lies an abandoned funicular railway that dates back to the 1920s.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

This phallic temple was erected in the forest to honor the tragic death of a samurai lord's son.

Next door to Tokyo DisneySea is a giant sculpture created by Taro Okamoto symbolizing the dynamism of life.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.