This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

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

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.