A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

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

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

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

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

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

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.