Places Jamee Wants to Go

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

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

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.