This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

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

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

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

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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

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

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.