This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.