A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

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

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

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

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

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

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.