Every country boasts its unique charm, whether it’s the people, the food, the nature, or anything else, for that matter, that creates it. And while what captivates people the most differs from visitor to visitor, some places seem to leave many of them fascinated with what they’ve seen or experienced.

One of such places, likely to leave its visitors in awe, is Japan. Home to everything from bustling cities to breathtaking nature, and so much more, it also surprises travelers with some rather unexpected sights, such as fried chicken vending machines and public air showers for those suffering from pollen allergies, just to name a couple. Scroll down to find more examples and explore what other unique features add to the charm of Japan.

#1 Japanese Hospital’s Food. I Gave Birth In Japan, And These Are A Few Examples Of Meals That I Got While I Was At The Hospital

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#2 So I Was In Zao Fox Village, Located In Japan, And I Saw These Foxes Waiting For Their Water

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#3 Public Air Shower In Tokyo To Blow Pollen Off Hay Fever Sufferers

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#4 Fukui Prefecture Has Dinosaur Benches And Is Known For Its Dinosaur Museums. Roughly 80% Of All Dinosaur Fossils In Japan Are Found In Fukui

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#5 This Catbus For Transporting Japanese Preschoolers

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#6 Mannequins In Japan

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#7 At Nara, This Morning In The Rain, I Saw This Kid Sharing His Umbrella With A Deer. It Melted My Heart

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#8 There Really Was A Dragon In Shikoku

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#9 Today’s View From My Tent On Mount Fuji After Sunset. No Editing. It’s Just Japan

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#10 The River Looked Whitish And Murky, So When I Looked Closely, I Saw That Jellyfishes Were Migrating

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#11 A Can Of Cake From A Vending Machine In Japan

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#12 Manhole Covers In Japan

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#13 First Light On The Beautiful Streets Of Kyoto, Japan

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#14 I Captured A Picture Today Of This Man Trying In Vain To Defend Himself From A Deer In Nara, Japan

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#15 When You Need Help At A Train Station In Japan, Customer Service Literally Pops Out Of The Wall

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#16 River In Japan Filled With Cherry Blossom Petals

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#17 Subways In Japan Have Women-Only Passenger Cars

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#18 Only In Japan

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#19 Some Elevators In Japan Include An Emergency Kit On The Corner, That Includes Things Like Water, Food And Even Mini-Toilet In Case Of Blackouts Or Earthquakes

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#20 Door Latch That Doubles As An Accessories’ Holder At A Public Restroom In Japan. Simple Concept, Straightforward Design, Elegant Execution

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#21 This Starbucks In Kyoto Was Only Allowed In This Area Because They Were Able To Keep The Original Facade Of The Building Intact

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#22 I Flew To Tokyo On This Bad Boy

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#23 These Movie Tickets From The Ghibli Museum Are Frames From Different Ghibli Movies

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#24 This Is How Smooth The Bullet Train Is In Japan

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#25 Japan’s Natural Heart-Shaped Toyoni Lake

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#26 This Fresh Honey Dispenser At A Hotel Breakfast In Japan

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#27 Don’t Fight The Monkey

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#28 The Amount Of Snow In Hokkaido, Japan

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#29 This Store In Japan Automatically Calculates Your Total When You Place Your Basket In The Area Using RFID Tags On The Products

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#30 Strange Sights In Japan – A Magical Orchestra In Shiga Prefecture

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#31 The View That Unfolded At The Top Of The 270 Steps Was Like Something Out Of An Anime

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#32 This Is How Smartphones At Local Japanese Fast Food Restaurants Are Disinfected

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#33 My Japanese Work Boots Have Suction Cups On The Bottom For Walking On Ceramic Tile Roofs

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#34 Today, I Saw A Batman On The Expressway In Chiba

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#35 I Came Back To This One Waterfall In Yamagata During 3 Different Seasons

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#36 Landscape-Friendly Vending Machine

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#37 I Bought This “Statue Of Too Much Liberty” From A Vending Machine In Japan

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#38 Abandoned Seafood Restaurant And Its Crab Sign In Osaka, Japan

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#39 In Japan, You Can Play A “Flushing Sound Effect” In Public Bathroom Stalls So Others Can’t Hear You Do Your Business

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#40 Game Boy-Shaped Mailbox In The Mountains Of Shikoku

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#41 Japan Has Clear Coca-Cola And Clear Iced Tea

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#42 KitKat In Japan Have Started Changing Their Packaging From Plastic To Paper

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#43 Etiquette Poster “Please Turn Down Your Volume” In Seibu Railway, Japan

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#44 When I Go To Asakusa, I Pass This Bookstore. It Looks Very Old And Completely Tilted

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#45 Automated Snack Vendor In Tokyo

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#46 A Fried Chicken Vending Machine In Otaru, Hokkaido

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#47 Pavilion Tokyo 2021. An Interesting Tea House In The Middle Of The City

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#48 Tile At Osaka Subway Points North To Help People With Maps

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#49 Dobby Looks A Bit Different In Japan

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#50 This Bedside Lamp At My Hotel In Japan Can Be Half-Lit

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#51 I Found A Pillow Menu In My Hotel Room

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#52 Monkeys Enjoying A Hot-Spring Bath At Jigokudani Park In Yamanouchi (Nagano Prefecture)

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#53 I Managed To Avoid The Crowds In Kyoto And Took This Photo

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#54 The Pet Hotel We Used Makes A Journal Of Your Pet’s Stay To Give To You When You Pick Them Up

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#55 Takaragawa Onsen – Gunma, Japan

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#56 From The Hakone Open-Air Museum

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#57 Daily Life In Japan’s Countryside

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#58 I Thought I Was Smart Avoiding The Crowds By Visiting The Bamboo Forest At 10 PM. I Only Managed To Scare Myself And Bail Without Entering Very Far. Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto

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#59 My Mission Is Complete. I Finally Visited All 3 Life-Size Gundam Statues In Japan

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#60 Little Jizo Statues In Kamakura

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#61 This Monk-Shaped Traffic Cone On Buddhist Temple Grounds In Japan

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#62 Kyoto Temple Ceiling Art

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#63 Manhole Cover In Kyoto, Japan

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#64 A Giant Macaron Is Given By France To Every Winner Of The Grand Sumo Tournament In Japan

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#65 Japan Has Started Selling Caffeinated “Gaming” Ramen And Curry

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#66 Used Clothing Store With No Attendant In Japan

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#67 Spotted The Coolest Car I’ve Ever Seen Today In Tokyo

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#68 The Ladies’ Bathroom At My Nearby Mall In Japan

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#69 My Friends Got Married, And They Wore Traditional Japanese Wedding Kimonos

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#70 These Transparent Public Bathrooms Turn Opaque When You Lock Them

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#71 Deer Couple In Nara, Japan

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#72 This Building In Osaka Has A Highway Run Through It

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#73 Japan Has Condom Sizes That Ranges From “Mega Big Boy” Down To “Smart Boy”

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#74 This Japanese Movie Theater’s Large-Sized Drink Has Straw Holes For You And Your Date

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#75 This Sapporo Beer Tap Is A Samurai Sword Handle

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#76 This Building In Tokyo Is Literally The Width Of A Door

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#77 This Japanese Restaurant Has A Waxwork Samurai In The Urinals

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#78 Bathroom Pictograms Wears Kimono In Kyoto Station

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#79 Real-Sized Plastic Model Of Nissin Cup Noodles

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#80 The View From Inside My Capsule Hotel “Room” In Tokyo

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#81 Japanese Police Cars Can Raise Their Blinking Lights To Be More Visible

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#82 I Came Across This Tree While Walking Through A Forest In Japan

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#83 This KFC In Osaka, Has An All You Can Eat And Drink Beer Buffet

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#84 Cabbages Being Used As Decorative Flowers In Japanese Public Spaces

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#85 Gas Station In Tokyo. These Fuel Pumps Are From Above

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#86 I Went On A Walk Through Osaka And Found This Awesome Shrine

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#87 In Tokyo Elevator

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#88 My Mom Is Visiting Japan. She Was Not Prepared

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#89 Today I Learned That In Japan, They Buy Their Child One Backpack. That’s It, Not One Every Year

In fact, it might be passed on to another generation. It is solidly made and also serves as protection in an earthquake. But it is an investment. This one is on sale for $517.

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#90 This Rocket Building In Tokyo, Japan

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#91 Godzilla Zipline In New Godzilla-Themed Park, Awaji Island

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#92 These Stairs In Kyoto Station

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#93 This Slide In Shape Of An Elephant Trunk At A Tokyo Park

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#94 Mario Kart Tour That I Encountered At The Famous Shibuya Crossing

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#95 Pokémon Mailboxes, Yokohama

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#96 Fake Gun To Scare Snow Monkeys In A Japanese Onsen. This Is Only For The Women’s Side. The Men’s Side Doesn’t Have It

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#97 Eating These Incredibly Sweet, Huge Japanese Black Ribier Grapes In Shibuya

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#98 My Dad Is In Japan And Just Sent Me This Picture

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#99 A Sanrio Store In Asakusa, Tokyo

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#100 This Building In Sapporo Has A Thermometer

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#101 Mountain Tsurumi, Kyushu, Japan

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#102 This Escalator In Tokyo That Has A Landing

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#103 Nanzoin Temple, Fukuoka. This Is Said To Be The Largest Bronze Buddha In The World

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#104 This Is What A Bathroom Looks Like On A 1st Class Japanese Bullet Train

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#105 You Can Buy Dress Shirts At 7/11 In Japan

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#106 Picture I Took Of A Random Person I Saw In Nagoya, Japan

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#107 This Penguin Mailbox In Nagoya, Japan

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#108 You Can Buy Spaghetti In A Hot Dog Bun In Japan. It’s Called A “Napolitan Roll” Or “Napolitan Dog”

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#109 I Saw This In Kyoto, Japan. I’m Assuming It Is To Prop Up The Plant And Make It Grow In A Specific Way, And Once It’s Strong Enough, They Will Remove The Lattice

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#110 Stay Crazy Japan

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#111 Japanese Style New Year’s Eve Dinner

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#112 In Japan, We Have Action-Flavored Coke

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#113 Condom Vending Machine In Japan That Has “I Love You” Written In Many Different Languages

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#114 From My Hotel Room I Spotted This Shrine On The Roof Of A Building In Tokyo

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#115 Every Station In Japan Has A Logo. USA Station In Japan Had A Logo That Look Like The United States’ Flag From Afar

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#116 These Melons In Japan Cost Almost $90

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#117 Tentacle Ear Accessories In A Capsule Machine In Japan

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#118 Japanese Moka Train Station In A Shape Of A Locomotive

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#119 Largest Daibutsu (Large Buddha) Statue In Japan At 120 M Tall. The Ushiku Daibutsu In Ibaraki

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#120 In Japan, The Floor Of My Subway Car Is QR Codes

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#121 Approaching The Tallest Tower In The World – Tokyo Skytree

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#122 In Japan, There Are Genetically Modified Strawberries That Taste Like Normal Ones

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#123 In Japan, This Can Be Ordered At Many Restaurants As A Tomato Salad

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#124 I Went To A Craft Beer Bar In Tokyo Last Night, Definitely Got My Fill

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#125 This Helpful Guide I Found In Japan

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#126 I Saw This Yesterday While Driving In Japan. You Can Never Have Enough Anime Stickers On Your Car

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#127 This PS5 Energy Drink From Japan

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#128 Ryzen Vending Machine In Japan

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#129 Found In A Driveway In Japan. Other Houses And Buildings Were Perfectly Normal

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#130 This Lobby At The Robot Restaurant In Shinjuku

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#131 This Control Panel At A Japanese Hotel I Stayed At Last Week Which Requires Your Room Key To Provide Electricity To The Room

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#132 Whale Meat Vending Machines In Tokyo, Japan

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#133 Whale Meat Sashimi Commonly Sold In Supermarkets In Japan

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