If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

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

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

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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