Places Juliette Marang Wants to Go

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

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

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

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

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

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.