The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

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

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

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

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

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

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.