Places caseyjacks Wants to Go

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."

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

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

The home of Mario and his friends

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.