The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

The largest falcon hospital in the world, caring for over 6,000 feathered patients every year.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

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

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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