Places nenaghbrosnan Wants to Go

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

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

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

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

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

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

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

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.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

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

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.