Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

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

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

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.

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

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.