Places trelawneyskye Wants to Go

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

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

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

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

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.