"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

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

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

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

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

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.