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

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

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

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

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

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

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

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