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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

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

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

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

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

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.