Places MFB Wants to Go

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.