Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Once the park closes at sunset, the greatest haiku poet of all time moves to face the Sumida River.

A beautiful work of art designed to impress the Allied Forces.