One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

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

Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

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

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

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

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.