Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

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

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

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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