Places aubreyrynders29 Wants to Go

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

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.