Places dovehoward21 Wants to Go

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

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

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

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

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

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

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.