A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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

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