Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

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

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

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

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

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

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