Places Egao Wants to Go

These medieval stone-cut Buddhist statues may protect visitors from being fired.

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.

Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.

The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.

This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

The site of Japan's first major environmental disaster.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.