Places meltingknight Wants to Go

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.