The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

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

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.