Places AndromedaCollision Wants to Go

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

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

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.