Places breaingram Wants to Go

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

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.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

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

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

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

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

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

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

This ancient burial cave along a roadside is also home to several Buddhist sculptures.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.