Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

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

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