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

This statue of the "shiny uncle of Beppu" was erected in 2007.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

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

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.