Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

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

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

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

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

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

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

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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.