Places smorris Wants to Go

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

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

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

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

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.