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

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

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

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.