This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.