Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

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

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.