Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

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

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.