Places bkrisb18 Wants to Go

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

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

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