Tokyo, Japan
Hibiya Godzilla Square
Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.
Kitakyushu, Japan
This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.
Machida, Japan
Cute manhole covers commemorate the hometown of the real-life Ash Ketchum who created Pokémon.
Hakone, Japan
The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
Tokyo, Japan
This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.
Tokyo, Japan
This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.
Kyoto, Japan
An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.
Takayama, Japan
A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.
Onomichi, Japan
This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.
Isahaya, Japan
This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.
Tokyo, Japan
The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.
Suita-shi, Japan
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
Tokyo, Japan
Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.
Tokyo, Japan
A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.
Kyoto, Japan
A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Tokyo, Japan
If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Barboursville, West Virginia
This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.