Places CShigeoK Wants to Go

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

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

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

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

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

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

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.