This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

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

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

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

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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

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

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

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

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

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.