Places RakelOm Wants to Go

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

For half a century, this Arabian-inspired retro café has been an oasis for locals in Okinawa’s central tourist area.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.

All 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac are depicted in anthropomorphized deity form.

This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.

Various accidents and illnesses fell upon the developers who tried to remove these historic trees.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

This unassuming office building is home to what was once the world's largest pendulum clock.

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

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.