Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This monumental intersection commemorates the day Okinawa switched to driving on the left.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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