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

A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

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

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

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

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

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

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

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