A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

"Bangkok's Green Lung," a large park on an island, feels worlds away from traffic-choked Sukhumvit Road.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This most unusual dragon is made of recycled Chinese cutlery.

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.

A unique Buddhist temple with strange statues, beehives, and dinosaurs.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

The Thai Army has dug deep trenches along the Thai/Myanmar border to prevent drug smuggling.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.