B&E 2nd trip to Japan

43 Places

Nagano's Darkroom

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

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Yamanouchi, Japan

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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Namerikawa, Japan

The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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Shirakawa-mura, Japan

Shirakawa-go

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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Itoigawa, Japan

The Jade Coast

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

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Cosmo Isle Hakui

A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Nawate Dori

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

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Yamanouchi, Japan

Yudanaka Onsen Pudding Honpo

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

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Tokamachi, Japan

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

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Minakami, Japan

Mount Tanigawa

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

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Sagano Scenic Railway

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

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Honke Owariya

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

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Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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Funaoka Onsen

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

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Go'o Shrine

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Ichimonjiya Wasuke

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

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Kameya Kiyonaga

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

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Issen Yoshoku

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

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Ukiyoe Small Museum

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

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Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

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Minatoya Yurei Kosodate-Ame Honpo

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

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Rokudō Chin’nōji Temple

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

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Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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Vowz

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

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Harukor

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

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Mushizuka at Kan'ei-ji Temple

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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Kagaya

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

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Museum of Package Culture

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

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Intermediatheque

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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Jimbōchō Book Town

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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Museum of Kites

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

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Chankonabe Shinzan

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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Book and Bed Hostel

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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Tobacco & Salt Museum

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

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Waseda El Dorado

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

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Oinusama

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

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Ancient Egypt Museum of Shibuya

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

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Zauo

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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Gakutensoku

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

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Izakaya Toyo

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

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Fudo Myo-o Statue

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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Tavern Pachimon Wars

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

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Takayama, Japan

Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

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