Places brnskll Wants to Go

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

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

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