A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

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

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

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

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.