Places Sporadicus Wants to Go

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

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

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.