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

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

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

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

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

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

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

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

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

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

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.