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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

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

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

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.