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

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

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

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

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

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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

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

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

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