Places WhimsyCat03 Wants to Go

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

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

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

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

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.

The origin of this bizarre, ghostly idol is a local mystery, even to the temple it calls home.

This unassuming office building is home to what was once the world's largest pendulum clock.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.