Places stephaniewade56 Wants to Go

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

The world's narrowest strait is often mistaken for a canal.

The site of a prehistoric settlement spanning millennia, complete with a reconstructed timber circle.

This monumental intersection commemorates the day Okinawa switched to driving on the left.

The former site of the U.S. military base redeveloped as an art district, boasting a collection of 109 public artworks from 36 countries.

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.

The lesser-known eastern counterpart to Kyoto’s famous fox shrine.

Off the beaten path along the coastline of Miura, a scenic cliff with an evocative name.

For but one summer in 1975, this rural suburb became a busy tourist spot when a local girl claimed to have seen ghostly faces on an old stele.

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.

A dramatic landscape of ancient lava, carved into hexagonal columns by nature itself.

A mysterious, perhaps haunted plot of land, untouched by modern development.

Just outside Tokyo, a 45-story-high observatory with a stunning view of Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji.

A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer, Kenji Miyazawa.

A mountaintop Buddhist temple with panoramic views of Hiroshima.

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.

Fifty-odd dinosaur footprints are preserved on this strip of mountain cliff along with ancient ripple marks.

The remains of a prehistoric settlement with a museum showcasing fascinating archaeological finds next to modern artworks.

A giant statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy watches over the town of Ōfuna.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.