This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This Buddhist temple may have the best example of a Pure Land garden in Japan.

According to folklore, this grave lies near the site of the “standing death” of one of Japan’s fiercest warriors.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

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

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

The world's largest permanent architectural projection display entertains audiences nightly with 28-story light shows.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

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

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.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

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

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

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