Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

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

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

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

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.