Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

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

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

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

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

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

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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