Places everywhereemily Wants to Go

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

A group of medieval rock-cut Buddhist statues created to save people from the volcanic hell that surrounds them.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.

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

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

Open 24 hours, this self-serve sandwich spot specializes in egg salad sandwiches in a land that takes them very seriously.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

The infamous 'Incident at Honnō-ji' brought an end to Oda Nobunaga’s attempt to unify a warring Japan.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

The home of Mario and his friends