Places lemonkid Wants to Go

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

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.