Places BeKa211 Wants to Go

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Composed of scrap metal, a pair of platform-length murals chronicle Japan’s history, from the Big Bang to the development of modern Tokyo.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.