A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

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

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

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

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

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

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

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

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

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

Children's literature inside, forest all around.