Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.