Places Amethy5tDr4gon Wants to Go

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An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

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

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

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

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.