Places ChiaraT Wants to Go

Over 40 species of fern cover the canyon walls of this lush green bowl, cut off from the bustle of the world by a cave entrance.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

For centuries, this gold mine was the powerhouse behind the Tokugawa Shogunate.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.