Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

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

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

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

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

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.