Places Ryshili Wants to Go

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

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