Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

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.

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

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

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.