Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

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

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

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

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

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

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

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