More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

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

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

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

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

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

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

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

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

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.