A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

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

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

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

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

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

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A museum in Hokkaido is housed in a former high school. On its grounds a marker shares the awakening of a man who longs to be reunited with his soulmate in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

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

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.