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Space age accommodation!
Permanently Closed

Osaka, Japan

Asahi Plaza Capsule Hotel

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Kintai Bridge. (Ken Spink/Atlas Obscura)

Iwakuni, Japan

Kintai Bridge

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

From the Mad Hatter Room

Tokyo, Japan

Alice on Wednesday

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Okunoshima

Takehara, Japan

Okunoshima

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

(Gnurou/Flickr)

Hakone, Japan

Hakone Open-Air Museum

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

Pigments at Pigment.

Tokyo, Japan

Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Painstaking, life-size recreation of a 1958 ramen boom town.

Yokohama, Japan

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Nakagin Capsule Tower
Permanently Closed

Tokyo, Japan

Nakagin Capsule Tower

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

Hayakawa, Japan

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

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

Shiratani Unsuikyo.

Yakushima, Japan

Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Yoro Park

Yoro, Japan

Yoro Park

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)

Nara, Japan

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)

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

Kochia Hill

Hitachinaka, Japan

Kochia Hill

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Gunkanjima Island

Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The clock is at the Nippon TV tower in Shiodome, Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

The Giant Ghibli Clock

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Only a small part of the restaurant!
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Tokyo, Japan

Fantasy Dining Alice in a Labyrinth

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Sagano Bamboo Forest

Kyoto, Japan

Sagano Bamboo Forest

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Wisteria Tunnel

Kitakyushu, Japan

Wisteria Tunnel

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Totoro stares out

Mitaka, Japan

Ghibli Museum

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Koko Crater Trail.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Koko Crater Trail

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Touchpad for the vending machine

San Francisco, California

Short Story Vending Machine

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Leroy King Carousel

San Francisco, California

Leroy King Carousel

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The new faery door.

San Francisco, California

Faery Door

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Vintage postcard showing Alvord Lakelet and Alvord Bridge in the distance

San Francisco, California

Alvord Lake Bridge

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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