Places jlhoover7 Wants to Go

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

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

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

Next door to Tokyo DisneySea is a giant sculpture created by Taro Okamoto symbolizing the dynamism of life.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

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

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.