Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Since Tokyo's Kiyosu Bridge was inspired by a historic bridge that crossed over the Rhine, this viewing spot is known as a "view of Cologne."

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

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

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

This monumental intersection commemorates the day Okinawa switched to driving on the left.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?