Places adyban07 Wants to Go

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

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

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

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

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.