A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

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

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

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

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

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