Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

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

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

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

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.