This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

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

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

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.