Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

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

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

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

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

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

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

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

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

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

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

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Every color in the rainbow awaits.