Places Ernex Wants to Go

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

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

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

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

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

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

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

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

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

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."