Places DeirdreJ6972 Wants to Go

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.