Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

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

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

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

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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

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

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.