Places Ryshili Wants to Go

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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

Home to a collection of drums from around the world that allow visitors to play a tune.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

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

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.