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

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

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

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

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.

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

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

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

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

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

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