A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

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

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

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

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

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

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

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

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

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

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

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

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