Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

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

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

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.