Places wheninroam Wants to Go

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.