Places tbgtigger Wants to Go

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

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