This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

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

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

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

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

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

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

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

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

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

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

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.