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Tokyo, Japan

Hachiman Bridge

The oldest iron bridge in Japan is preserved and unassumingly placed over a pedestrian path.
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Tōno City, Japan

Denderano

According to local legend, elderly villagers were once brought to this hill and left to die.
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Vancouver, British Columbia

Siwash Rock

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.
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Shime, Japan

Winding Tower of Shime Coal Mine

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.
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Créteil, France

Choux de Créteil

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
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Gardena, California

Gardena Cinema

The last family-owned, single-screen moviehouse in La La Land.
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Yaese, Japan

Minatogawa Fissure

The remains of the Minatogawa Man found here are among the oldest known skeleton specimens from Japan.
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Hirosaki, Japan

Zenringai (Zen Temple Street)

These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.
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Tokyo, Japan

Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
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Kamakura, Japan

Shōchiku Ōfuna Studio Site

Iconic Japanese movies were made at this forgotten film-studio-site-turned-mall.
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Morioka, Japan

Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree

A 360-year-old cherry tree grows out of a granite boulder.
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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.
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Tokyo, Japan

Tetsugakudo Park

A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.
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Odawara, Japan

Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum

Dedicated to the history and culture of Japanese fishcake, this museum invites you to take part in its kamaboko-making workshop.
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Sukagawa, Japan

Ultraman Street

In the hometown of Eiji Tsuburaya, a street lined with intergalactic heroes and monsters.
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Yokohama, Japan

Site of the Namamugi Incident

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.
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Tokyo, Japan

Shōzoku Inari-jinja Shrine

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.
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Tokyo, Japan

Sarcophagal Amitabha-Buddha

Though not uncommon in western Japan, this Buddha cut out of an ancient sarcophagus is the only example in central Tokyo.
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Tokyo, Japan

Ikebukuro Shimento Pagoda

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.
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Naples, Italy

Fountain of the Spinacorona

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.
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Gyeongju, South Korea

Hwangnyonsa Temple Site

Only the stone foundations remain of one of the greatest Buddhist temples in early East Asian history.
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Osaka, Japan

Umeda Kitamuki Jizo

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

Ju-oh-iwa

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

Billiken-san

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.
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