Places xleoharrisonx Wants to Go

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

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

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

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

The oldest operating company in the entire world, founded in 578 AD

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

The home of Mario and his friends

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.