Places kspl Wants to Go

At over 500 years old, this is the oldest surviving toilet in Japan

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

Royal milk tea was invented here at the Far Eastern capital of Sir Thomas Lipton’s tea empire

A small shrine dedicated to a tanuki statue, tucked away in a Blade Runner-esque izakaya alley

A rare statue representing a monk who peeled off his own face to show divinity

150 kinds of unique sundaes and gigantic parfaits await at Kyoto’s iconic vintage café

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

The infamous 'Incident at Honnō-ji' brought an end to Oda Nobunaga’s attempt to unify a warring Japan.

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

A hidden empanada shop run by the biggest Boca Juniors F.C Japanese fan.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

The home of Mario and his friends

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.