A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.

This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The only museum dedicated to the American street artist is in rural Japan.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

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

This ancient burial cave along a roadside is also home to several Buddhist sculptures.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.

This glass-themed tourist park in northern Japan feels like taking a step back in time.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

A school destroyed by fire and tsunami simultaneously is preserved as a memorial.

Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.

A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

A heart-shaped rock hollow amid lush scenery in Japan.

A disused, crumbling 110-year-old theater retains the authentic retro charms of Showa-era cinema.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

This bakery in Japan is one of the few places that still sells 'salad bread,' a short-lived staple in the post-World War II years.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.