With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

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

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

The site of the last royal wedding in Korea.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.