Places amarionknh Wants to Go

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

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

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

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

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

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

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

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

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

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

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

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

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

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

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.