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Hiroshima samurai house’s toilet and shrine show it wasn’t always easy being a warrior family

Small details tell some big stories.

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Survey picks Japan’s top three (actually four) open-air museums【Photos】

A day at the museum doesn’t have to mean a day inside.

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Japan’s tallest skyscraper ever, taller than Tokyo Tower, to be built near Tokyo Station

The Torch Tower hopes to be a bright and energetic new symbol for the city.

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Akihabara loses another landmark as iconic electronics shop steps outside station gate shuts down

“I saw this place every time I went to Akihabara, and it was like an old friend.”

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Fire breaks out near Japan’s Shirakawa-go World Heritage site【Videos】

Hidden sprinkler defense system activates to help protect beautiful traditional thatched-roof farmhouses.

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Whimsical new Vietnamese bridge looks like it’s held up by the hands of gods

It looks like it could be a set from The Lord of the Rings!

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Tokyo’s iconic 109 department store designated most likely building to collapse in earthquake

Out of 852 examined buildings in the city, researchers say the Shibuya fashion mecca is the least prepared for a major trembler.

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Japan has a pet food distribution center that’s shaped like a giant wiener dog!【Photos】

And if you think it looks cute like this, wait until you see it from a different angle.

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Overlaying the essence of Tokyo on cities around the world exports the metropolis to the masses

They’re Tokyo, but also not Tokyo.

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University library in Tokyo may be world’s coolest with its “floating” meeting rooms【Pics】

Glass-domed rooms grace five-story atrium.

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