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

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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

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

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

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

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.