This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

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

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

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

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.