One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

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

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.