An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

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

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.