A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

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

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."