Places garvey98l Wants to Go

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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