Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Buried nine feet under, these houses are preserved as a stark reminder of the disastrous 1991 Unzen eruption.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.

This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

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

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

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