The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

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

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

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.