"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

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

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

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