Places pingophone Wants to Go

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.