Places Lis Charlotte Wants to Go

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

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

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.