Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

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

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

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

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

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

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

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

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.