The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

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

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.