A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

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

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

What killed this humpback whale is a mystery, but its remains have become legendary.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.