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

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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