Places mathildefournier2008 Wants to Go

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

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

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

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.