Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.