Places jtchibnalljr Wants to Go

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Places I want to go

Places on this traveler's wishlist.

Kurdish cuisine shares some dishes, like meat kebabs, with other Middle Eastern cuisines.

Tokyo, Japan

Mesopotamia

The only Kurdish restaurant in Japan invites you to learn and feast.

This ham-cured tomahawk pork chop is enlivened with a strawberry and hibiscus gastrique.

Bristol, Virginia

Hickory

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

These meat substitutes come close to the real thing.

Queens, New York

Bodhi Village

Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.

Roast goose, it's what Kam's does.

Hong Kong

Kam's Roast Goose

Since 1942, this third-generation Cantonese barbecue join has been turning out gorgeously lacquered roasted meats.

The hot chocolate here is particularly thick and rich.

Barcelona, Spain

Granja Dulcinea

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

This bread still comes in its nostalgic green and yellow packaging.

Kinomoto, Japan

Kinomoto Tsuruya Bakery

This bakery in Japan is one of the few places that still sells 'salad bread,' a short-lived staple in the post-World War II years.

Order a cappuccino where the concept of utilitarianism was invented.

Oxford, England

Queen’s Lane Coffee House

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

The (in)famous katsuo parfait.

Nankoku, Japan

Yuzuan Restaurant

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

There's seating outside for diners.

Kurashiki, Japan

Matsuka Seimen Noodle Factory

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Salmon Roe, the restaurant's specialty

Sapporo, Japan

Hachikyo

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A demon-like creature guards the entrance.

Hachioji, Japan

Yakuo-in Temple

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

Tomb of Jesus Christ

Shingo, Japan

Tomb of Jesus Christ

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

One of the collapsed turrets (Aug 2017).

Kumamoto, Japan

Kumamoto Castle

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

Yamadera, the mountain temple of Yamagata.

Yamagata, Japan

Yamadera Temple Complex

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

Parents of deceased children place colorful "bibs" on Jizo statues to show their gratitude for his protection in the afterlife.

Kyoto, Japan

Kiyomizu-Dera Temple

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

Horai-soba, the signature dish at Honke Owariya.

Kyoto, Japan

Honke Owariya

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Bunnies

Kyoto, Japan

Okazaki Shrine

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Yaguchi Bookstore.

Tokyo, Japan

Jimbōchō Book Town

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Harukor

Tokyo, Japan

Harukor

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Garden of the Lord's Residence

Himeji, Japan

Kokoen Garden

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Itsukushima Shrine

Hatsukaichi, Japan

Itsukushima Shrine

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Sanjusagendo Temple

Kyoto, Japan

Sanjūsangen-dō

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.