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

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

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

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

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

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.