Places viv157 Wants to Go

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

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

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

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

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

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

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.