Places Ryshili Wants to Go

Visit a speakeasy-like indie cinema specializing in 16mm and 35mm films.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

This massive, Edo Period, coin-shaped sand painting is believed to be a source of great luck.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

An ancient mountain-cut pass runs largely forgotten in the suburbs of Kamakura.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

This abandoned railroad got a new life as a scenic promenade cutting through the city of Otaru.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

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

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.