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

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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