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Half-a-soccer-pitch long (41 meters) and taller than many multistoried buildings (11 meters), the statue dominates the area, absolutely dwarfs everything and everybody in sight

To do it full justice, one has to be there because words don't even begin to describe the sensation. Pictures might try - and fail…

The story of the town can best be told as a love story featuring a young woman who stumbled upon an old student dormitory and loved it so much that she purchased it and moved in from a big city.

Immanuel Kant believed that “we can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”

A place like that must significantly enhance one's spiritual experience - in particular, considering the gate that actually flirts with water.

The shrine is among the most important and popular in Japan, and it owes its significance to its divine patron. Inari is a Shinto god of rice, a synonym of “wealth” and “prosperity” for Japan

They mark an entrance to a shrine, and every Japanese knows that, once through them, there will be peace, quiet and beauty of all kinds

The symbol of Edo and the symbol of Tokyo are right next to each, and they coexist in perfect harmony - even though the former wasn't even created in Edo.

However, the tomb associated with Nintoku, the legendary 16th Emperor, is by far the most famous of them - and that renown has everything to do with the tomb's size, as implied by its name.