A town's namesake rock has served as a spiritual matchmaker for hundreds of years.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.