Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Plagued with warts? Leave a frog at this small shrine in the city of Tosa, and you may be cured.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

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

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

A temple made famous by Japanese Buddhist monks who sacrificed themselves at sea.

A culturally significant rural temple in the beautiful mountains of Itoshima.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

The hometown of a beloved manga artist created a treasure hunt for his popular ghostly characters.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.