A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.