Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

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

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

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

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

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

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.