Places eosstar Wants to Go

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

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

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

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

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this small town turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.