The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

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

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