A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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.”

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.