A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A statue meant to celebrate peace has also been interpreted as a mother taking away her son's internet privileges.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

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

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare to enter.

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

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

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

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

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

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

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

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

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.