More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

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

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

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.