Places Charles WV Wants to Go

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

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

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

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

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

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A dramatic landscape of ancient lava, carved into hexagonal columns by nature itself.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

The world's narrowest strait is often mistaken for a canal.

The famed natural wonder that gave its name to a fishcake as well as one of the most popular anime series of all time.