A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

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

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

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

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

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

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

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

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

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