Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

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

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.