Places pleiades Wants to Go

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

An old-fashioned school with interesting grounds and deep history, including the original Mito Castle gate.

A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

In a rural Japanese town that has committed to sustainable practices, even the hotel is made from recycled materials.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.