The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

Only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

Chiseled out of a sandstone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project lies in ruins.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

Next door to Tokyo DisneySea is a giant sculpture created by Taro Okamoto symbolizing the dynamism of life.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.