THE first thing I notice when I got to Japan was how nice everyone on the peak hour Tokyo subway smelled. Like the delicate fragrance of clean hair and freshly washed linen.

Few can deny that there are some odd places that can be found in Japan - a country that seems to revel in its strangeness.

Here are 10 weird and interesting facts about Japan that makes it stand away from any place you have ever been to. More on Times Travel.

An Indian vlogger’s video from Japan’s Nagoro village — known for having dolls instead of real residents — has gone viral.

Wabi-sabi offers a refuge from the modern world's obsession with perfection, and accepts imperfections as all the more meaningful – and, in their own way, beautiful.

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A museum in Japan is going viral for an unusual and rather eyebrow-raising exhibition, where it’s allowing visitors to sniff how different animals smell — specifically, their butts.

A museum in Japan is going viral for an unusual and rather eyebrow-raising exhibition, where it’s allowing visitors to sniff how different animals smell — specifically, their butts.