Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Every summer, this shrine sets up a tiny drinking fountain reserved for thirsty apians.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

Cute manhole covers commemorate the hometown of the real-life Ash Ketchum who created Pokémon.

Off the beaten path along the coastline of Miura, a scenic cliff with an evocative name.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

Considered the oldest intact wooden structure in Tokyo Prefecture, this impressive temple was built in 1407.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

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