Places vijayhm Wants to Go

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.

This steaming, yellow-tinged landscape is filled with sulfur-encrusted volcanic vents.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.