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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

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

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

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.

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

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

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

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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