The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

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

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.