Places anhogan Wants to Go

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

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

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

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

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

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

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.