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

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

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

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.