This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

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

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

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.