Places kommunic8 Wants to Go

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

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.”

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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