A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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

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

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.