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

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

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

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

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

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

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

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

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

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

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.