Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

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

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

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

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

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

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

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

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

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.