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

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

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

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

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

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

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

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

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

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

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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

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

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