Places zichk Wants to Go

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

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

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

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.