Places krisfreedain Wants to Go

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

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

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

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

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

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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.”

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Rediscovered underground chapel is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Vienna.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.