A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

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

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

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

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