Places Ybleh5 Wants to Go

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

An exhibit tracing Japan's cinematic history in an often-overlooked national museum.

A long-forgotten homage to an eldritch, sassy spider yōkai that was once worshipped here as a god.

Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.

The sacred slope said to mark the gateway to the underworld.

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

Considered the oldest intact wooden structure in Tokyo Prefecture, this impressive temple was built in 1407.

Enjoy traditional Louisiana-style gumbo and the spirit of Southern hospitality 7,000 miles from New Orleans.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

This unusual "magical shrine" honors a legendary raccoon-dog god that stowed away to Japan from some far-off land.

Retro as can be, this cinema still uses film reels and screens revivals of Shōwa-era hits and classics.

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

For half a century, this Arabian-inspired retro café has been an oasis for locals in Okinawa’s central tourist area.

A collection of nostalgic items from the Showa era with an exhibit on the local ghost story of the Snow Woman.

Nine healing baths available only to those who stay in this quaint town, said to have inspired 'Spirited Away.'

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

A tiny kissaten coffeeshop with expertly crafted coffee in an antique setting.

One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.

A hidden alley with seven corners and handmade cat decorations.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.