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Okutsumiya: The Turtle Is Looking at You
Kōsokuji: The Temple Named After Its Jailer
Manpukuji: Yoshitsune’s Waiting Room
Tantan Yakisoba: Yugawara’s Noodles Named for a Tanuki
Jōsenji: The Head Priest Sends His Kappa
Kubi Daibutsu: The Rest Is Legend
Wani Sashimi: The Crocodile Is a Shark
Navy Underground HQ: Names in a Shell Casing
Bukubuku Tea: Bubble Tea, Taken Literally
Egara Tenjin Shrine: Where Cartoonists Retire Their Brushes
Enoshima’s Olympic Fountain: Five Rings, Five Women
Enoshima-don: Sea and Land, Strangers in a Bowl
Enoshima’s Bronze Torii: A Gate from the Pleasure Quarter
Wadatsumi-no-miya: The Dragon Moved Upstairs
Sukugarasu Tofu: One Fish per Block
Abasa and Coconut Crab Soup: The Spiny and the Clawed
Tower of the Sun: Past, Present, Future and Missing
Urasoe Yōdore: Evening Calm Beside Hacksaw Ridge
Urasoe Art Museum: Architecture Must Be Healthy
Row House in Sumiyoshi: Bring an Umbrella to the Bathroom
Jigokudani Monkey Park: Sorry, Monkeys Only
Sakitsu Village: The Altar Went Where the Stepping Was
Kamakura-gū Shrine: Let the Dish Take the Hit
Deco Hachikō: The Other Shibuya’s Best-Dressed Dog
Ōe Church: A French Priest with an Amakusa Accent
Power Blend Tanaka: Psychic Takoyaki, Instructions Included
Jewelpia: The Details Have Details
Yukinoshita Catholic Church: Kamakura’s Christians, Remembered in Paint
Kamakura-don: Prawns Under an Egg Blanket
Soba Sashimi: Noodles in the Nude
Eco Park Minamata: A Memorial with a View Worth Protecting
Tetsugakudo Park: Where Even the Bridges Have a Philosophy
Gongorō Chikara Mochi: A 300-Year Tradition, Best Eaten Today
Goryō Shrine: A Giant Ginkgo and the House That Moved Out
Miyajidake Scarecrow Village: A Closed School with a Full Class
Echizen Daibutsu: One Man’s Very Large Idea
Fukui Dinosaur Museum: Getting the Dinosaurs Back on Their Feet
Bara-don: Fujisawa’s Pork Bowl from an Udon Shop
Kenchōji Temple: A Dragon Worth Looking Up To
Mushizuka: Where Insects Get Some Respect
Chōsenji Temple: A Different Kind of Shibuya Crowd
Ebimeshi: Shrimp Rice with a Dark Side
Natsume Sōseki’s Uchitsuboi House: I Am a Cat. Still No Name?
The Tama River’s Lonely Lion: The Last King in the Grass
Tsunagi’s Sixteen Sculptures: A Quiet Town with a Flair for the Dramatic
Kenchinjiru: Soup Lessons from the Zen Temple Next Door
Kōkōdō: A Delicious-Looking Shortcut
Enmei Tabako Jizō: Cigarettes for a Longer Life
Meguro Parasitological Museum: An Inside Story
Machida Squirrel Garden: A Very Enthusiastic Welcome
Taya Cave: A Pilgrimage by Candlelight
Sansai Soba: When the Mountains Join the Noodles
Akaushi Don: The Leaner Side of Wagyu
Niegawa-juku: A Quiet Village with Busy Scarecrows
Chinsekikan: Where Stones Acquire a Personality
Tsuchinoto-mi Day: A White Snake, a Lion and a Jar for Grumbles
Horohoro-don and Gyo-ice: There’s No Escaping Fish, Even at Dessert
Maruoka Castle: 67-Degree Stairs Under a 120-Tonne Stone Roof
Shintengai: A Street Growing Older Under a Young Name
Tojinbo Tower: So Close, Yet So Far
Kushikatsu and Doteyaki: A Double-Dipping Ban With Nothing to Dip Into
Tojinbo: Walking the Cliff Edge Above the Sea of Japan
Namba Yasaka Shrine: Where a Giant Lion Eats Bad Luck
Dotonbori Hotel: Four Giant Faces Waiting for the World
Fukui Station: Where Dinosaurs Keep Multiplying
Anyoin Temple: Kankan Jizō, Worn Away by Prayer
Entsuji Temple: The Giant Kannon and the Bullet-Scarred Black Gate
Chichibu Pari Shokudo: Sauce Katsudon in a 1927 Cultural Property
Taco Rice: Would This Work on Rice?
Enmeiji Temple: The Beheading Jizō Statue
Petitcalator: The World’s Shortest Escalator
Uzuwa: Ito’s Local Fish, Spread from Edge to Edge
Gotokuji Temple: Where Lucky Cats Come Back
Keihin Fushimi Inari Shrine: 108 Foxes and a Little Mount Fuji
Nekozuka: A Small Memorial to a Very Loyal Cat
The Beautiful Girl of Okegawa: A Beach Pose in Landlocked Saitama
Katase Catholic Church: The Church That Looks Like a Temple
Tatzu Butzu: Golden Buddhas That Keep Growing
Hounji Temple: A Dragon Bone, a Tengu Claw and Yang Guifei’s Mirror
Hozenji Temple: The Fudō Beneath the Moss
Ofuna Kannon Temple: A Giant Kannon, from the Shoulders Up
Hachi Tengoku: Museum of Hornet Nest Art
MAOUDC: The Underground Temple Beneath Kasukabe
Kofukuji Temple: A Ghost Jizō Fading at Both Ends

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