This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

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

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

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

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

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

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

This ancient burial cave along a roadside is also home to several Buddhist sculptures.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.