Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

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

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

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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