Places marasta215 Wants to Go

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

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

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.