Places noahwiseau Wants to Go

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

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

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.