Places kspl Wants to Go

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

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

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.