This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

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

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.

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

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

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

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

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

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

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

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

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

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

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