Places samireland Wants to Go

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

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

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

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

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

The largest model carrot in the world.