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

A serene mountaintop temple complex featuring one big, bronze Buddha.

In a rural Japanese town that has committed to sustainable practices, even the hotel is made from recycled materials.

This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

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

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

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

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

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