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As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

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

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.