The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

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

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

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

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

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

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.