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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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