Places Egao Wants to Go

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

Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

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

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

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

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

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.