Places zeeb Wants to Go

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

150 kinds of unique sundaes and gigantic parfaits await at Kyoto’s iconic vintage café

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

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