Places noahwiseau Wants to Go

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.