The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.