Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A series of increasingly larger sundials have grown with this school.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Locals have a long-running relationship with the big-beaked birds of this Australian fishing town.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.