Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.