Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.