Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.