This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

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

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

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

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

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

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.