Places alexiusgoldfishius Wants to Go

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

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

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

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

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

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

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

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

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

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.