Places deriverative Wants to Go

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

A hidden empanada shop run by the biggest Boca Juniors F.C Japanese fan.

The home of Mario and his friends

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

A small shrine dedicated to a tanuki statue, tucked away in a Blade Runner-esque izakaya alley

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

A rare statue representing a monk who peeled off his own face to show divinity

150 kinds of unique sundaes and gigantic parfaits await at Kyoto’s iconic vintage café

Royal milk tea was invented here at the Far Eastern capital of Sir Thomas Lipton’s tea empire