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

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.