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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

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

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

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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