Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."