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

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

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

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.