Places dbone Wants to Go

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

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

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."