Places raquel9e Wants to Go

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

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