Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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

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

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

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

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

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

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

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

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

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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