The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.