Key #5: Trees

Japanese trees deserve much better than that, and this whole article could be worth several thousand words - as translated into a few pictures.

Key #4: Hanami

It's to Japan that millions of tourists from all over the globe flock every spring to seek and admire the pink of cherries and the white of plums and apples

Key #3: Language

Japanese language is so different that even the strongest adjectives (like “unique”) don't even begin to do justice to it.

Key #2; Trains

As for Japan, trains never ceased to be a wonder - in many more than just a technological sense.

Key #1: Sidewalks

In other words, pedestrians - seemingly the most vulnerable member of the triad - are literally never left alone!

The Prologue: An Exercise In Creativity

Miniaturists, designers, botanists, train drivers - all of them would find something inspiring to come up with a completely original nickname (in particular, train drivers!)

The World's Only...

To obtain the coveted membership, Iceland had to dig deep and think out of the box - which, in this case, happened to be exactly inside one box or another!

A Home of Music

That must be Iceland's homiest and most unpretentious wonder - so much so that it's successfully hiding in plain sight in the middle of Reykjavik.

Here Is The Thing

Nowadays, all those “things”, as well as any other Parliament in the world, are to be found in centrally located buildings, plain or majestic, in their respective countries' capitals. It wasn't the case in 930 AD