Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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