A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

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

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

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

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

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

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

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

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

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

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

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

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.