The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.