Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

A statue meant to celebrate peace has also been interpreted as a mother taking away her son's internet privileges.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

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

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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." 

Every color in the rainbow awaits.