This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

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

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.