Places victorthevagabond Wants to Go

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

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

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.