A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

The largest of its kind in Japan, this century-old wasabi farm is also known for its appearance in an Akira Kurosawa film.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

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

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

A culturally significant rural temple in the beautiful mountains of Itoshima.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

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

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

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

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

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

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.