Places ashaclarein Wants to Go

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

A palace-fortress ruin in Indonesia complete with legends of two magical tigers, eight bathing angels, and a wish-granting cannon.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.