This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

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

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

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

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.