Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

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

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.