Places CShigeoK Wants to Go

The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

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

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.