This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

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

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

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

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

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.