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

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

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This is no ordinary coffee chain outlet—it's an architectural masterpiece.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

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

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

Nestled among the bamboos in a temple complex, this art installation serves as a unique memorial to insects.

Home to thousands of dolls from around the world, including the "blue-eyed dolls" that came to Japan as American ambassadors.

The man who created the first Japanese-English Dictionary.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

Nestled amid the trees lies an abandoned funicular railway that dates back to the 1920s.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

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.