Places kspl Wants to Go

A massive, photogenic gate designed after a traditional hand drum used in the regional noh

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.

A mountaintop Buddhist temple with panoramic views of Hiroshima.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.

The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.

Ride a steep cable car alongside a tall waterfall that feeds a near century-old power plant.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

Colombia’s only monument erected to mark the end of slavery in the former Republic of New Granada.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

Natural hot springs hidden in the rainforest are only accessible by boat.