Places explorationanddecay Wants to Go

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

The birthplace of Japanese coinage.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

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

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.