Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

An exact replica of Bill Clinton's childhood home stands within a resort in Japan.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

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

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

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

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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