mrdiamond1999's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

mrdiamond1999

2018
joined atlas
obscura

countries
I've visited

places
I've been

places
I want to go

places
published

Leaderboard Highlights

mrdiamond1999's activity rankings

1^st

Places visited in Dearborn, Michigan

1^st

Places visited in Schenectady, New York

4^th

Places visited in Littleton, Colorado

Loading map...

Nagoro Village

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

Shitamachi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Hermit09

Added by Hermit09

Karuizawa, Japan

Karuizawa Picture Book Forest Museum

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

ppalkan

Added by ppalkan

Yamagata, Japan

Yamadera Temple Complex

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

Akeno Gekijo: Ruined Japanese Stripclub

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Added by michaeljohngrist

Lucky Dragon and Atomic Tuna Memorial

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Added by ilbonito

Iga Ryu Ninja Museum

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Ekibenya Matsuri

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Rohini Chaki

Added by Rohini Chaki

Tottori-shi, Japan

The Sand Museum

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Yasui Kompira-gu Shrine

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

caitlinfrunks

Added by caitlinfrunks

Odaiba Statue of Liberty

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

SamM

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Added by Swampthing

Kiyomizu-Dera Temple

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Added by abbyzoom

Suita-shi, Japan

Tower of the Sun

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Huis Ten Bosch

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

KoinuSensei

Added by KoinuSensei

Mount Nokogiri (Saw Mountain)

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Added by daveyyoung

Kobe Luminarie

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Kojo

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Kanmangafuchi Abyss

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Jaszmina Szendrey

Added by Jaszmina Szendrey

Kawasaki, Japan

Kanamara Matsuri Festival

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Dylan

Noboribetsu-shi, Japan

Jigokudani (Hell Valley)

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Merlucdai

Added by Merlucdai

Kasukabe, Japan

G-Cans: the World's Largest Drain

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Added by CPilgrim

Nagakute, Japan

Satsuki and Mei's House

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Chrissy

Added by Chrissy