An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

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

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

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

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

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

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

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.