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

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

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

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

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

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

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

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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.