Places zeeb Wants to Go

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

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

Royal milk tea was invented here at the Far Eastern capital of Sir Thomas Lipton’s tea empire

A small shrine dedicated to a tanuki statue, tucked away in a Blade Runner-esque izakaya alley

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

The famed natural wonder that gave its name to a fishcake as well as one of the most popular anime series of all time.

A bar dedicated to he Jojo manga franchise, with over 50 original cocktails.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.

A small shrine run entirely by vending machines.

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

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

Cute manhole covers commemorate the hometown of the real-life Ash Ketchum who created Pokémon.

This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

Visitors to this temple are greeted by a massive collection of wooden dolls said to bring good fortune.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.