Places Flamsh Wants to Go

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

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

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

The oldest stone lion in Okinawa survived a major battle during World War II.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

A whimsical shrine with a porcelain Torii gate, split in half by an active train line.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.