The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

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

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

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

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

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

The last remaining Hakka cemetery in Singapore.

The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.