Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

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

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

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

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

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.