A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

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

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

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

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.