Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

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

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

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

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