Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

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

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

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

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

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

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

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

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.