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

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

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

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

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

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

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

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

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

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

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.