This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

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

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

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

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

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

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

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.