Places AndromedaCollision Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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

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

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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

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

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

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

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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