Amazing and Unique Places to Visit in Japan You Did Not Know Existed
Although Japan is considered as one of the smallest countries in the world, it boasts beautiful and striking scenery, as well as highly-advanced technology. Its ultramodern cities have captured the attention of millions of tourists from all over the world. Since Japan has a number of amazingly unique tourist attractions, you can go for tailor made holidays to Japan and choose the places you want to see and experience.
From Japan’s ancient castles to unusual landscapes that seemed to be designed by aliens, here are some of the places you need to see when travelling in Japan.
- Mount Koya – known as Shingon Buddhismspiritual home, a sect established by Kobo Daishi, an important religious figure in Japan, dating back 1,200 years ago. You can find their headquarters, the Kongobu-ji Head Temple, on the top of the forest-covered mountain of Mount Koya. However, you can also find more than 100 different temples around this place. You can stay here overnight and experience the typical lifestyle of the monks.
- Yunessan Spa – how does bathing in wine appeal to you? If the thought of bathing in wine tickles your fantasy, then the perfect place to go is the Yunessan Spa, where you can bathe in wine all day long. Located in Hakone, this Hot Springs Amusement Park and Spa Resort offers visitors 24 other water attractions, which include bathing in Japanese saki, green tea, and coffee.
- Meguro Parasitological Museum – definitely not the perfect place for the faint of heart. This museum displays, well, parasites, and not just parasites but huge ones. This is the only parasite museum in the world that was founded in 1953. It displays about 300 different parasitic specimens. As disgusting as it sounds, the museum is quite educational because it helps people learn about the parasitic lifecycles and how they infect humans.
- Capsule Hotel – checking in the capsule hotel is like sleeping in the coffin. Unlike any hotels in the world, the room is consists of capsule-like structures that are stacked on top of another. The capsules are made of plastic or fiberglass block that measures about 6 to 7 feet long and 3 to 4 feet wide. It also comes with a locker for your belongings.
- Alcatraz ER – if you want to have a unique dining experience, then dine at Alcatraz ER. You can sit in a dungeon cell and feast on a food that looks less appetizing. Nuts are basically designed to look like pills and are served inside giant severed heads. Now, isn’t it disgustingly unique?
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