Places dovehoward21 Wants to Go

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

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

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.