Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.