Places gitteschmitz Wants to Go

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

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

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

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

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.