Places deriverative Wants to Go

This unique museum explores the world of Japanese demons and spirits.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Marvel at the world's largest collection of jellyfish, including more than 10,000 undulating moon jellies.

A thousand figurines of Oshira-sama, a horse-loving goddess of silk, await wish-making worshippers.

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

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

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

The long-lost tomb of an ancient Japanese emperor, complete with a miniature terracotta army.

The oldest surviving stele in Japan is a personal dedication from a monk to his late mother.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This unusual "magical shrine" honors a legendary raccoon-dog god that stowed away to Japan from some far-off land.

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

Adventures in Wonderland under the heart of the bustling Shinjuku