Places daryleconners Wants to Go

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

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.”

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.