Places AlexOnAdventure Wants to Go

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

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

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

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

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.