Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

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

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).