This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

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

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

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.