The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

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

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.