A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

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

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.