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

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

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

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.