Places jordantucker Wants to Go

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

The world's largest permanent architectural projection display entertains audiences nightly with 28-story light shows.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

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

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

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

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

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

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

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