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

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

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

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

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

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

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

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

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

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

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.