Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.