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

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

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

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

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

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.