Places AdOYo Wants to Go

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

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

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

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.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

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

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

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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