Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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

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

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

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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