Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.