Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

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

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

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

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

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

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

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

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