After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

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

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

Pilots from around the world come to this park to fly gliders.

These medieval stone-cut Buddhist statues may protect visitors from being fired.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

An old-fashioned school with interesting grounds and deep history, including the original Mito Castle gate.

The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

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

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This ancient burial cave along a roadside is also home to several Buddhist sculptures.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.