These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.