Places everywhereemily Wants to Go

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

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

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

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

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

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

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

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

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

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

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

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

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

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

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

The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.