One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

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

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

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

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

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

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

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

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

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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