Yokohama, Japan
Tin Toy Museum Kitahara Collection
More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yokohama, Japan
More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.
Sapporo, Japan
This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.
Ashibetsu, Japan
A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Tokyo, Japan
A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
Kawasaki, Japan
The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.
Sakai Ward, Japan
One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
Ōshima Island, Japan
This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.
Midori-ku, Japan
This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.
Tokyo, Japan
Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.
Tokyo, Japan
A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.
Kesennuma, Japan
450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.
Kyoto, Japan
Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.
Tomigusuku, Japan
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Mutsu, Japan
This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.
Mito, Japan
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.
Nagoro, Japan
As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.
Ushiku, Japan
The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.
Noboribetsu, Japan
After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Karuizawa, Japan
Children's literature inside, forest all around.
Osaka, Japan
The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Mito, Japan
The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.
Miyakejima, Japan
Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.