Places astridijperlaan Wants to Go

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

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

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

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

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

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

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.