Tokyo, Japan
Godzilla Head
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Yakushima, Japan
The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Tokyo, Japan
A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.