Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

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

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

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

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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