The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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