This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

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

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

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

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

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

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

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

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

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

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

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

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.