An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

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

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

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

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

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

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

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

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

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

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

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

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

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