A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

This massive, Edo Period, coin-shaped sand painting is believed to be a source of great luck.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

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

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

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