Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

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

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

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

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