This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

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

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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.