Places WigWamWarrior Wants to Go

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

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

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

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

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

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

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.