After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

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

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

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

Nestled amid the trees lies an abandoned funicular railway that dates back to the 1920s.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare to enter.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

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

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.