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Vancouver, British Columbia

Vanier Park Column

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.
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Vancouver, British Columbia

Kitsilano Pool

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.
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Tokyo, Japan

Mujinazuka at Kenshō-ji

A legend of a mysterious phantom train haunts this grave.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Athens, Greece

Krinos

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.
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Kagoshima, Japan

Masked God Boze of Akusekijima Island

Once a year, these 'visitor deities' chase away evil spirits with a phallic-shaped staff.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Kagoshima, Japan

Jimesaa

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.
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Kagoshima, Japan

Deai-sugi Cedar Tree

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Kagoshima, Japan

‘Portrait of a Shout’

A well-known Japanese musician’s all-night concert on this island is immortalized by an unusual work of art.
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Aira, Japan

Kajiki Unofficial Mint Site

Imitations of Chinese coins were minted here for foreign trade before Japan got its own currency.
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Kirishima, Japan

Sanada no Osada

According to Japanese mythology, the first rice paddy in history was created here many aeons ago.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Namerikawa, Japan

The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
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Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
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Miyakonojo, Japan

Ame no Sakahoko

This mythical weapon stuck on the mountaintop is also the site of the first honeymoon in Japan's history.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Kamakura, Japan

108 Grotto Tombs

Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Kamakura, Japan

Ju-oh-iwa

A rock with images of infernal judges sculpted on it, offering a panoramic view of Kamakura.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Osaka, Japan

Billiken-san

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Osaka, Japan

Planet Plus One

Visit a speakeasy-like indie cinema specializing in 16mm and 35mm films.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Osaka, Japan

Tomb of the Nue

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Osaka, Japan

Umeda Kitamuki Jizo

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Osaka, Japan

Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Minoh, Japan

Momotaro

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Izumi, Japan

Shinodanomori Shrine

A mystical shrine dedicated to a forest that once covered the area and the legendary fox spirit who lived there.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Izumi, Japan

Kuwabara Thunder Well

Electricians pray for luck at this place where, according to legend, the god of thunder was once trapped.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Ikaruga, Japan

Funazuka Burial Mound

Once a heap of dirt with a shrubbery on it, this unassuming mound in a parking lot turned out to be an ancient tumulus.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden